Definition of oriole Oriole

/ɔˈɹiowˌl/ - [oreeowl] - o•ri•ole

We found 8 definitions of oriole from 6 different sources.

What does oriole mean?

Noun
oriole - American songbird; male is black and orange or yellow
		New World oriole, American 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
		meadowlark, lark 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
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

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oriole (Noun)
Any of various colourful passerine birds, the New World orioles from the family Icteridae and the Old World orioles from the family Oriolidae.

oriole (n.)
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.
oriole (n.)
In America, any one of several species of the genus Icterus, belonging to the family Icteridae. See Baltimore oriole, and Orchard oriole, under Orchard.

oriole
ōr′i-ōl, n. the golden thrush. [O. Fr. oriol—L. aureolus, dim. of aureus, golden—aurum, gold.]

The Old World oriole or just Oriole is a bird in the family "Oriolidae". They make up the genus "Oriolus". Old World orioles are found areas of Africa, Asia and Europe. They are most often found in tropical areas but one species lives in cooler areas. The Golden Oriole is the only species of Old World oriole which is not a tropical bird.

Orioles have bright colored feathers.

Orioles are not related to the New World oriole. New World orioles are members of the family "Icteridae" and are native to the Americas.

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oriole in sign language