ORIOLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does oriole mean? 

• ORIOLE (noun)
  The noun ORIOLE has 2 senses:

1. mostly tropical songbird; the male is usually bright orange and black

2. American songbird; male is black and orange or yellow

  Familiarity information: ORIOLE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ORIOLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Mostly tropical songbird; the male is usually bright orange and black

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Old World oriole; oriole

Hypernyms ("oriole" is a kind of...):

oscine; oscine bird (passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "oriole"):

golden oriole; Oriolus oriolus (bright yellow songbird with black wings)

fig-bird (greenish-yellow Australian oriole feeding chiefly on figs and other fruits)

Holonyms ("oriole" is a member of...):

family Oriolidae; Oriolidae (Old World orioles)

Sense 2

Meaning:

American songbird; male is black and orange or yellow

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

American oriole; New World oriole; oriole

Hypernyms ("oriole" is a kind of...):

oscine; oscine bird (passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "oriole"):

Icterus galbula; northern oriole (a kind of New World oriole)

Icterus spurius; orchard oriole (the male is chestnut-and-black)

lark; meadowlark (North American songbirds having a yellow breast)

cacique; cazique (black-and-red or black-and-yellow orioles of the American tropics)

bobolink; Dolichonyx oryzivorus; reedbird; ricebird (migratory American songbird)

blackbird; New World blackbird (any bird of the family Icteridae whose male is black or predominantly black)

Holonyms ("oriole" is a member of...):

family Icteridae; Icteridae (American orioles; American blackbirds; bobolinks; meadowlarks)