oriole

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  1. noun Any of various Old World passerine birds of the family Oriolidae, of which the males are characteristically black and bright yellow or orange.
  2. noun Any of various similar New World birds of the family Icteridae.

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  1. Obsolete French oriol, from Old French, from Latin aureolus, diminutive of aureus, golden, from aurum, gold.

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  1. from Old French oriol = Provencal auriol = Spanish oriol = Portuguese oriolo (New Latin Oriolus), oriole, literally golden, from Latin aureolus, golden, gilded: see aureole, and cf. oriel. The F. loriot, Old French loriot, lorion, are variant forms, with the attracted def. article le, p.
 

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/ˈoʊrɪoʊl/
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