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6 letters · 6 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun mostly tropical songbird; the male is usually bright orange and black
noun American songbird; male is black and orange or yellow
originA borrowing from Middle French oriol, from Old French oriol, from Latin aureolus, diminutive of aureus (“golden”). Doublet of aureole. First use appears c. 1776 in the writings of Thomas Pennant.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0