orioles
orioles is the plural of oriole.
Meaning of oriole
Noun
oriole (plural orioles)
- Any of various colourful passerine birds, New World orioles of the genus Icterus (family Icteridae) and Old World orioles of the family Oriolidae.
- Those at risk include the wood thrush, a well-known songbird, and the Baltimore oriole, the mascot of Maryland’s baseball team.2019 October 10, Emily Holden, “Two-thirds of bird species in North America could vanish in climate crisis”, in The Guardian
Proper noun capitalized: Orioles
the Orioles
- The team Baltimore Orioles.
- The Orioles have rallied to tie the game.
Noun capitalized: Orioles
Orioles
- plural of Oriole
Phrases with orioles
- black orioles
- brown orioles
- golden orioles
- hooded orioles
- yellow orioles
- crested orioles
- northern orioles
- Tanimbar orioles
- Audubon's orioles
- Baltimore orioles
- Bullock's orioles
- New World orioles
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Questions about orioles
- What does orioles mean?
- Orioles means the team Baltimore Orioles.
- What is orioles the plural of?
- Orioles is the plural of oriole.
- What part of speech is orioles?
- Orioles can be a proper noun or a noun.
Words near orioles in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: orioles (page history and authors); Orioles (page history and authors); oriole (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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