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GOLDEN ORIOLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does golden oriole mean?
• GOLDEN ORIOLE (noun)
The noun GOLDEN ORIOLE has 1 sense:
1. bright yellow songbird with black wings
Familiarity information: GOLDEN ORIOLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bright yellow songbird with black wings
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
golden oriole; Oriolus oriolus
Hypernyms ("golden oriole" is a kind of...):
Old World oriole; oriole (mostly tropical songbird; the male is usually bright orange and black)
Holonyms ("golden oriole" is a member of...):
genus Oriolus; Oriolus (type genus of the Oriolidae)
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