oriole

UK: /ˈɔːrɪˌəʊl/ US: /ˈɔriˌoʊl/ ,(ôr′ē ōl′, ōr′-)

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o•ri•ole /ˈɔriˌoʊl/   n. [countable]

1. Birds a songbird, the male of which is typically black and orange or black and yellow.

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o•ri•ole  (ôr′ē ōl′, ōr′-), n. 

1. Birds any of several usually brightly colored, passerine birds of the family Oriolidae, of the Old World. Cf. golden oriole. 
2. Birds any of several brightly colored passerine birds of the family Icteridae, of the New World. Cf. northern oriole, orchard oriole. 

• Medieval Latin oriolus, variant of Latin aureolus golden, equivalent. to aure(us) golden (derivative of aurum gold) + -olus -ole¹
• French oriol, Old French
• 1770–80

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oriole / ˈɔːrɪˌəʊl/ noun

1. any songbird of the mainly tropical Old World family Oriolidae, such as Oriolus oriolus (golden oriole), having a long pointed bill and a mostly yellow-and-black plumage
2. any American songbird of the family Icteridae, esp those of the genus Icterus, such as the Baltimore oriole, with a typical male plumage of black with either orange or yellow

Etymology: 18th Century: from Medieval Latin oryolus, from Latin aureolus, diminutive of aureus, from aurum gold