new world oriole

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   American songbird; male is black and orange or yellow

   SynonymsAmerican orioleoriole

   Broaderoscine

   Narrowernorthern orioleorchard oriolemeadowlarkcaciquebobolinkNew World blackbird

   Part ofIcteridae

Questions about new world oriole

What does new world oriole mean?

new world oriole means "American songbird; male is black and orange or yellow".

What is another word for new world oriole?

Close synonyms include American oriole, oriole. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is new world oriole a common word?

new world oriole is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.