Definition of Golden oriole

1. Noun. Bright yellow songbird with black wings.

Exact synonyms: Oriolus Oriolus
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

golden heather
golden hello
golden honey plant
golden ironweed
golden larch
golden maidenhair
golden marguerite
golden mean
golden means
golden mole
golden oak mushroom
golden oldie
golden oldies
golden opportunities
golden opportunity
golden oriole (current term)
golden palace monkey
golden palace monkeys
golden parachute
golden parachutes
golden pea
golden pheasant
golden pheasants
golden pholiota
golden plover
golden plovers
golden polypody
golden pothos
golden potto
golden ragwort

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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