oriole > define
noun
- Mostly tropical songbird; the male is usually bright orange and black.
- synonyms: Old World oriole
- American songbird; male is black and orange or yellow.
- synonyms: New World oriole, American oriole
by WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
- 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 Icteridae. See Baltimore oriole, and Orchard oriole, under Orchard.
by Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
Oriole is either masculine or feminine given name
- Name Meaning: Golden; a gold flecked bird
- Name Origin: Latin