oriole

o·ri·ole  (ôr-l, r-)

n.

1. Any of various Old World passerine birds of the family Oriolidae, of which the males are characteristically black and bright yellow or orange.

2. Any of various similar New World birds of the family Icteridae.

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[Obsolete French oriol, from Old French, from Latin aureolus, diminutive of aureus, golden, from aurum, gold.]

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oriole

Noun

a songbird with a long pointed bill and a mostly yellow-and-black plumage [Latin aureolus golden]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	oriole - mostly tropical songbird; the male is usually bright orange and black Old World oriole oscine, oscine bird - passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus family Oriolidae, Oriolidae - Old World orioles golden oriole, Oriolus oriolus - bright yellow songbird with black wings fig-bird - greenish-yellow Australian oriole feeding chiefly on figs and other fruits
	2.	oriole - American songbird; male is black and orange or yellow American oriole, New World oriole oscine, oscine bird - passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus family Icteridae, Icteridae - American orioles; American blackbirds; bobolinks; meadowlarks Icterus galbula, northern oriole - a kind of New World oriole Icterus spurius, orchard oriole - the male is chestnut-and-black lark, meadowlark - North American songbirds having a yellow breast cacique, cazique - black-and-red or black-and-yellow orioles of the American tropics bobolink, Dolichonyx oryzivorus, reedbird, ricebird - migratory American songbird blackbird, New World blackbird - any bird of the family Icteridae whose male is black or predominantly black