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golden oriole
noun
- an Old World oriole, Oriolus oriolus, the male of which is bright yellow with black wings.
golden oriole
noun
- a European oriole, Oriolus oriolus, the male of which has a bright yellow head and body with black wings and tail
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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.
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From the old orchard on the right came the faint, reluctant note of the golden oriole, who must have been old too.
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He has not the beautiful note of the golden oriole, nor such striking plumage.
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The first golden oriole appeared on the 26th—exactly the same date as that on which it appeared last year.
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It was hung from a fork of a branch, "like the nest of a golden Oriole."
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