What is "orchard oriole"

Orchard \Or"chard\, n. [AS. ortgeard, wyrtgeard, lit., wortyard, i. e., a yard for herbs; wyrt herb + geard yard. See Wort, Yard inclosure.]

1. A garden. [Obs.]

2. An inclosure containing fruit trees; also, the fruit trees, collectively; -- used especially of apples, peaches, pears, cherries, plums, or the like, less frequently of nutbearing trees and of sugar maple trees.

   Orchard grass (Bot.), a tall coarse grass ( Dactylis glomerata), introduced into the United States from Europe. It grows usually in shady places, and is of value for forage and hay.

   Orchard house (Hort.), a glazed structure in which fruit trees are reared in pots.

   Orchard oriole (Zool.), a bright-colored American oriole ( Icterus spurius), which frequents orchards. It is smaller and darker thah the Baltimore oriole.

n. the male is chestnut-and-black [syn: Icterus spurius]

The orchard oriole (Icterus spurius) is the smallest North American species of icterid blackbird. The subspecies of the Caribbean coast of Mexico, I. s. fuertesi, is sometimes considered a separate species, the ochre oriole.