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Oriole
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proper noun
  1. (baseball) A player on the team "The Baltimore Orioles"
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Orioles
  1. (baseball) The team "w:Baltimore Orioles, The Baltimore Orioles"
The Orioles and Indians split a pair.
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osprey
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noun
  1. A bird of prey (Pandion haliaetus) that feeds on fish and has white underparts and long, narrow wings each ending in four finger-like extensions.
Quotations
  • 1594: I will provide thee of a princely . &mdash; Peele, Battle of Alcazar
  • c. 1612-13: But (oh Jove!) your actions, / Soon as they move, as ospreys do the fish, / Subdue before they touch. &mdash; Shakespeare, Fletcher, Two Noble Kinsmen
ostrich
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noun
  1. A large flightless bird (Struthio camelus) native to Africa.
ousel
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noun
  1. Alternative spelling of ouzel.
ouzel
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noun
  1. An aquatic perching bird of the genus Cinclus.
ovenbird
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noun
  1. Any of several birds
  1. (British) Any of several small birds that build dome-shaped nests; the long-tailed tit, willow warbler and chiffchaff
  2. A warbler, Seiurus auricapillus that builds such a nest of vegetation
  3. (Central America) Any of several passerine birds that build such nests of mud
Owl
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proper noun
  1. A fictional character in w:A. A. Milne, A. A. Milne's book w:Winnie the Pooh, Winnie the Pooh and the w:Disney, Disney film of the same name.
owlet
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noun
  1. A young owl.
oystercatcher
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noun
  1. Any of various coastal wading birds of the genus Haematopus that have a long orange bill and feed on shellfish.
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