oriole

oriole
[ˈɔːrɪəʊl, ˈɔːrɪəl]
noun

an Old World bird which is related to the starlings and feeds on fruit and insects, the male typically having bright yellow and black plumage
金黄鹂
Family Oriolidae and genus Oriolus: many species, including the golden oriole
黄鹂科，黄鹂属：多种，包括金黄鹂
a New World bird of the American blackbird family, with black and orange or yellow plumage
拟鹂
Genus Icterus, family Icteridae (sometimes called the American oriole family): many species
拟鹂属，拟鹂科（有时亦称美洲黄鹂科）：多种

语源

late 18th cent.: from medieval Latin oriolus (in Old French oriol), from Latin aureolus, diminutive of aureus 'golden', from aurum 'gold'

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