noun

1. any of an Old World family (Oriolidae) of chiefly yellow-and-black passerine birds, including the golden oriole (Oriolus oriolus)
2. any of a genus (Icterus, family Icteridae) of American passerine birds, including the Baltimore oriole, that have bright plumage of orange (or yellow) and black, and build hanging nests

Etymology: OFr oriol < ML aureolus < L, golden, dim. of aureus < aurum, gold: see east