/awr"ee ohl', ohr"-/ , n.
1. any of several usually brightly colored, passerine birds of the family Oriolidae, of the Old World. Cf. golden oriole .
2. any of several brightly colored passerine birds of the family Icteridae, of the New World. Cf. northern oriole, orchard oriole .
[ 1770-80; oriol, OF oriolus, var. of L aureolus golden, equiv. to aure ( us ) golden (deriv. of aurum gold) + -olus -OLE 1 ]