icterus galbula

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Icterus galbula
    n 1: a kind of New World oriole [syn: {northern oriole},
         {Icterus galbula}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Hangbird \Hang"bird`\ (h[a^]ng"b[~e]rd`), n. (Zool.)
   The Baltimore oriole ({Icterus galbula}); -- so called
   because its nest is suspended from the limb of a tree. See
   {Baltimore oriole}.
   [1913 Webster]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Baltimore bird \Bal"ti*more bird`\, Baltimore oriole
\Bal"ti*more o"ri*ole\ (Zool.)
   A common bird ({Icterus galbula}) of eastern and central
   America and Canada, named after Lord Baltimore, because its
   colors (black and orange red) are like those of his coat of
   arms; -- called also {golden robin}. It winters in the
   American tropics.
   [1913 Webster]

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