noun
1. the male is bright red with black wings and tail
• Syn: ↑scarlet tanager, ↑Piranga olivacea, ↑redbird
• Hypernyms: ↑tanager
• Member Holonyms: ↑Piranga, ↑genus Piranga
2. eastern subspecies of northern oriole
• Syn: ↑Baltimore oriole, ↑Baltimore bird, ↑hangbird, ↑Icterus galbula galbula
• Hypernyms: ↑northern oriole, ↑Icterus galbula
3. tropical American flycatcher found as far north as southern Texas and Arizona; adult male has bright scarlet and black plumage
• Hypernyms: ↑New World flycatcher, ↑flycatcher, ↑tyrant flycatcher, ↑tyrant bird
• Member Holonyms: ↑Pyrocephalus, ↑genus Pyrocephalus
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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun : any of several small birds having brilliant orange or red plumage (as the Baltimore oriole, the scarlet tanager, or the vermilion flycatcher)
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/fuyeur"berrd'/, n.
any of several small birds having bright red or orange plumage, esp. the Baltimore oriole.
[1815-25; FIRE + BIRD]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.