BALTIMORE ORIOLE


Meaning of BALTIMORE ORIOLE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈbȯl-tə-ˌmȯr-, -mər- ]

noun

Etymology: George Calvert, Lord Baltimore

Date: 1808

: an oriole ( Icterus galbula ) of the eastern and central United States and southern Canada in which the male has a solid black head and the female usually has an olive-brown back and orange-yellow underside and that was formerly considered to be a subspecies of northern oriole

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