Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • A family of corviform oscine passerine birds, typified by the genus Oriolus; the Old World orioles or golden thrushes: so called from the characteristic yellow color of the plumage.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • proper noun A natural family of Old World orioles.

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  • proper noun A taxonomic family within the superfamily Corvoidea — the figbirds and orioles.

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  • noun Old World orioles

Etymologies

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Oriolus +‎ -idae

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