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golden oriole

noun

  1. an Old World oriole, Oriolus oriolus, the male of which is bright yellow with black wings.


golden oriole

noun

  1. a European oriole, Oriolus oriolus, the male of which has a bright yellow head and body with black wings and tail
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of golden oriole1

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45
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Example Sentences

From the convent garden came the melting lilt of the golden oriole.

From the old orchard on the right came the faint, reluctant note of the golden oriole, who must have been old too.

He has not the beautiful note of the golden oriole, nor such striking plumage.

The first golden oriole appeared on the 26th—exactly the same date as that on which it appeared last year.

It was hung from a fork of a branch, "like the nest of a golden Oriole."

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