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OLD WORLD ORIOLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Old World oriole mean? 

OLD WORLD ORIOLE (noun)
  The noun OLD WORLD ORIOLE has 1 sense:

1. mostly tropical songbird; the male is usually bright orange and blackplay

  Familiarity information: OLD WORLD ORIOLE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


OLD WORLD ORIOLE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Mostly tropical songbird; the male is usually bright orange and black

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Old World oriole; oriole

Hypernyms ("Old World oriole" is a kind of...):

oscine; oscine bird (passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Old World oriole"):

golden oriole; Oriolus oriolus (bright yellow songbird with black wings)

fig-bird (greenish-yellow Australian oriole feeding chiefly on figs and other fruits)

Holonyms ("Old World oriole" is a member of...):

family Oriolidae; Oriolidae (Old World orioles)


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