oriole
/ˈɔːrɪəʊl/noun
1
- 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。
1.1
- Family Oriolidae and genus Oriolus: many species, including the golden oriole.黄鹂科, 黄鹂属:多种, 包括金黄鹂。
2
- a New World bird of the American blackbird family, with black and orange or yellow plumage拟鹂。
2.1
- 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。
词源
late 18th cent.: from medieval Latin oriolus (in Old French oriol), from Latin aureolus, diminutive of aureus 'golden', from aurum 'gold'.