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Oriolidae

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 plural

Usage: 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.