[ori.ole] n [F oriol, fr. L aureolus, dim. of aureus golden--more at aureus] (1776) 1: any of various usu. brightly colored Old World passerine birds (family Oriolidae and esp. genus Oriolus)
2: any of various New World passerine birds (family Icteridae and esp. genus Icterus) of which the males are usu. bright black and yellow or black and orange