Definition of orioles Orioles
/ɔˈɹiowˌlz/ - [oreeowlz] -
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What does orioles mean?
Wiktionary 
- orioles (Noun)
Plural of oriole.
Part of speech
🔤- orioles, noun, plural of oriole.
WordNet
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| oriole - American songbird; male is black and orange or yellow | ||
| New World oriole, American oriole | ||
| oscine, oscine bird passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus | ||
| family icteridae, icteridae American orioles; American blackbirds; bobolinks; meadowlarks | ||
| icterus galbula, northern oriole a kind of New World oriole | ||
| icterus spurius, orchard oriole the male is chestnut-and-black | ||
| meadowlark, lark 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 | ||
| oriole - mostly tropical songbird; the male is usually bright orange and black | ||
| Old World oriole | ||
| oscine, oscine bird passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus | ||
| family oriolidae, oriolidae Old World orioles | ||
| golden oriole, oriolus oriolus bright yellow songbird with black wings | ||
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Wiktionary
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- oriole (n.)
Any one of various species of Old World singing birds of the family Oriolidae. They are usually conspicuously colored with yellow and black. The European or golden oriole (Oriolus galbula, or O. oriolus) has a very musical flutelike note. - oriole (n.)
In America, any one of several species of the genus Icterus, belonging to the family Icteridae. See Baltimore oriole, and Orchard oriole, under Orchard.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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oriole
ōr′i-ōl, n. the golden thrush. [O. Fr. oriol—L. aureolus, dim. of aureus, golden—aurum, gold.]
Wikipedia 
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The Old World oriole or just Oriole is a bird in the family "Oriolidae". They make up the genus "Oriolus". Old World orioles are found areas of Africa, Asia and Europe. They are most often found in tropical areas but one species lives in cooler areas. The Golden Oriole is the only species of Old World oriole which is not a tropical bird.
Orioles have bright colored feathers.
Orioles are not related to the New World oriole. New World orioles are members of the family "Icteridae" and are native to the Americas.
Part of speech
🔤- oriole, noun, singular of orioles.
