oriole
Noun
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Mostly tropical songbird;
The male is usually bright orange and black (synset 101578386)is a type of: oscine, oscine bird - passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatussubtypes:- golden oriole, oriolus oriolus - bright yellow songbird with black wings
- fig-bird - greenish-yellow Australian oriole feeding chiefly on figs and other fruits
belongs to: family oriolidae, oriolidae - Old World oriolessame as: old world oriole -
American songbird;
Male is black and orange or yellow (synset 101574545)is a type of: oscine, oscine bird - passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatussubtypes:- icterus galbula, northern oriole - a kind of New World oriole
- icterus spurius, orchard oriole - the male is chestnut-and-black
- lark, meadowlark - North American songbirds having a yellow breast
- cacique, cazique - black-and-red or black-and-yellow orioles of the American tropics
- bobolink, dolichonyx oryzivorus, reedbird, ricebird - migratory American songbird
- blackbird, new world blackbird - any bird of the family Icteridae whose male is black or predominantly black
belongs to: family icteridae, icteridae - American orioles; American blackbirds; bobolinks; meadowlarkssame as: american oriole, new world oriole
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