American oriole

/əˌmɛrəkən ˌɔriˈoʊl/

Other forms: American orioles

Definitions of American oriole

1. noun

   American songbird; male is black and orange or yellow
   synonyms: New World oriole, oriole

   types:

   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

   Dolichonyx oryzivorus, bobolink, reedbird, ricebird

   migratory American songbird

   New World blackbird, blackbird

   any bird of the family Icteridae whose male is black or predominantly black

   Baltimore bird, Baltimore oriole, Icterus galbula galbula, firebird, hangbird

   eastern subspecies of northern oriole

   Bullock's oriole, Icterus galbula bullockii

   western subspecies of northern oriole

   Sturnella magna, eastern meadowlark

   a meadowlark of eastern North America

   Sturnella neglecta, western meadowlark

   a meadowlark of western North America

   crow blackbird, grackle

   long-tailed American blackbird having iridescent black plumage

   Euphagus carilonus, rusty blackbird, rusty grackle

   North American blackbird whose bluish-black plumage is rusty-edged in the fall

   cowbird

   North American blackbird that follows cattle and lays eggs in other birds' nests

   Agelaius phoeniceus, red-winged blackbird, redwing

   North American blackbird with scarlet patches on the wings

   type of:

   oscine, oscine bird

   passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus