| Noun | 1. | Oriolidae - Old World orioles bird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings Oscines, Passeres, suborder Oscines, suborder Passeres - two names for the suborder of typical songbirds Old World oriole, oriole - mostly tropical songbird; the male is usually bright orange and black genus Oriolus, Oriolus - type genus of the Oriolidae genus Sphecotheres, Sphecotheres - a genus of Old World orioles |