noun
Old World orioles
• Syn: ↑family Oriolidae
• Hypernyms: ↑bird family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Oscines, ↑suborder Oscines, ↑Passeres, ↑suborder Passeres
• Member Meronyms: ↑Old World oriole, ↑oriole, ↑Oriolus, ↑genus Oriolus, ↑Sphecotheres, ↑genus Sphecotheres
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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈōləˌdē, -ˈäl-\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Oriolus, type genus (from Medieval Latin oryolus) + -idae
: a family of passerine birds related to the crows and consisting of the Old World orioles most of which inhabit tropical and subtropical regions
Useful english dictionary. 2012.