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Definition of Golden oriole
1. Noun. Bright yellow songbird with black wings.
Generic synonyms: Old World Oriole, Oriole
Group relationships: Genus Oriolus, Oriolus
Definition of Golden oriole
1. Noun. A bright yellow and black passerine songbird, ''Oriolus oriolus'', of Europe and western Asia. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Golden Oriole
Literary usage of Golden oriole
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A history of British birds by Francis Orpen Morris (1853)
"The golden oriole, though not one of our very rarest visitors, is yet sufficiently
unfrequent to ... In Suffolk t\vo were taken near Sax- golden oriole ..."
2. Orr's Circle of the Sciences: A Series of Treatires on the Principles of by Richard Owen, Wm S Orr, John Radford Young, Alexander Jardine, Robert Gordon Latham, Edward Smith, William Sweetland Dallas (1855)
"The voice of the golden oriole is loud, and has been compared to the sound of a
... A very nearly allied species, the Mango-bird or golden oriole of India ..."
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