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NEW WORLD ORIOLE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
American songbird; male is black and orange or yellow
Synonyms:
American oriole; New World oriole; oriole
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("New World oriole" is a kind of...):
oscine; oscine bird (passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "New World oriole"):
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)
Holonyms ("New World oriole" is a member of...):
family Icteridae; Icteridae (American orioles; American blackbirds; bobolinks; meadowlarks)