Baltimore oriole
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Baltimore oriole
n.
A songbird (Icterus galbula) of eastern and central North America, having bright orange and black plumage in the male and olive brown plumage in the female. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the northern oriole.
[After Lord Baltimore.]
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Baltimore oriole
n
(Animals) a North American oriole, Icterus galbula, the male of which has orange and black plumage
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Bal′timore o′riole
n.
a North American oriole, Icterus galbula galbula, the eastern subspecies of the northern oriole, the male of which has a black head and upper body, bright orange underparts and tail, and a white wing bar.
[1800–10; so named because the black and orange of the male were the colors of Lord Baltimore 's coat of arms]
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| Noun | 1. |  Baltimore oriole - eastern subspecies of northern orioleIcterus galbula, northern oriole - a kind of New World oriole |
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