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Look up: oriole

  1. Oriole
    O'ri·ole noun [ Old French oriol , oriouz , orieus , French loriot (for l'oriol ), from Latin aureolus golden, dim. of aureus golden, from aurum gold. Confer Aureole , Oriel , Loriot .] (Zoology) (a) Any one of various species of Old World singing birds of the family Oriolidæ . They are usually ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/O/32

  2. oriole
    <ornithology> Any one of various species of Old World singing birds of the family Oriolidae. They are usually conspicuously coloured with yellow and black. The European or golden oriole (Oriolus galbula, or O. Oriolus) has a very musical flutelike note. ... In America, any one of several species of the genus Icterus, belonging to the family Ic ...
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  3. Oriole
    `Orioles` are colourful Old World passerine birds in the family Oriolidae and genus `Oriolus`. They are not related to the New World orioles, which are Icterids, family Icteridae. The orioles are a mainly tropical Old World group, although one species breeds in more temperate regions.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oriole

  4. Oriole
    • Any one of various species of Old World singing birds of the family Oriolidae. They are usually conspicuously colored with yellow and black. The European or golden oriole (Oriolus galbula, or O. oriolus) has a very musical flutelike note. • (n.) In America, any one of several species of the genus Icterus, belonging to the family Icte...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  5. oriole
    any of 24 species of birds of the Old World genus Oriolus, family Oriolidae, or, in the New World, any of the 30 species of Icterus, family ... [1 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/o/31

  6. Oriole
    Oriole is a Lat In girl name. The meaning of the name is `Golden` Oralee,Oralie,Orel,Orelia,Orghlaith,Oriole,Orla,Orlaith,Orlaithe,Orleans Alternative meanings (Old English) Oriole, Bird The name Oriole doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Oriole seems to be unique!
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/girls/Ori

  7. oriole
    oriole, common name applied to various perching birds of the Old (family Oriolidae) and New (family Icteridae) Worlds. The European orioles are allied to the crows, while the American orioles, of the hangnest group, belong to the blackbird and meadowlark family. Old World orioles are found in forest...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08368


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21 November 2009

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On 21st November 1974 the Provisional IRA plants bombs in two Birmingham pubs: the Mulberry Bush and the Tavern in the Town. Twenty-one people die and 182 are injured. A few minutes before the explosions a warning had been telephoned to the local newspaper, the Birmingham Post and Mail, but it was far too late. The first Birmingham bomb, at the Mulberry Bush pub in the basement of the Rotunda, a 20-storey office and retail complex and it exploded six minutes after the telephone warning. There was not enough time for police to clear the area. Earlier that year nine soldiers were killed when a bomb exploded on a coach on the M62 near Bradford, while two bombs in Guildford killed four soldiers and injured scores of other people. read more

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