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oriole|ˈɔərɪəʊl|
[ad. med. and mod.L. oriolus (13th c. oryolus), in OF. oriol, OPr. auriol and auriola, mod.Pr. auriou, Sp. oriol:—L. aureol-us golden.]
1. A bird of the genus Oriolus, esp. O. galbula (the Golden Oriole), a summer visitor to Europe and the British Islands, with plumage of a rich yellow contrasted with black; also extended to any bird of the family Oriolidæ, comprising various species of Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia.
[c1250Albertus Magnus De Animal. xxiii. xxiii, Oryoli aues sunt a tono vocis vulgariter sic vocati vt dicit Plinius.] 1776Pennant Zool. (ed. 3) II. 532 The oriole..This beautiful bird is common in several parts of Europe. 1839Penny Cycl. XV. 121/1 The genus Oriolus or true Oriole of the present day. 1840Ibid. XVII. 17/1 In our own country the Golden Oriole has been found in Hampshire, Devonshire, Cornwall, near Manchester, near Lancaster. 1848Life Normandy (1863) I. 131 Another very pretty bird that is uncommon in England—I mean the oriole. 1894Newton Dict. Birds s.v., Another genus which has been referred to the Oriolidæ..is Sphecotheres, peculiar to the Australian Region, and distinguishable from the more normal Orioles by a bare space round the eye.
2. A bird of the genus Icterus, as the Baltimore Oriole (I. baltimore), the Orchard Oriole (I. spurius); or any bird of the family Icteridæ and subfamily Icterinæ, peculiar to America, mostly with yellow (or orange) and black coloration; also called hangnests or hangbirds.
[1791W. Bartram Carolina 302 Both species of the Baltimore bird (oriolus, Linn. icterus, Cat.) are spring birds of passage, and breed in Pennsylvania.] 1792M. Riddell Voy. Madeira 57 Two kinds of orioles..are found in Antigua. 1845Longfellow To a Child 109 An oriole's pendent nest. 1850Whittier Sabbath Scene 96 With golden bosom to the sun, The oriole was singing. 1894R. B. Sharpe Handbk. Birds Gt. Brit. 27 The so-called ‘Orioles’ of America belonging to a totally different family of birds, viz., the Icteridæ. |