orchard oriole

orchard oriole
noun
the male is chestnut-and-black
Syn: ↑Icterus spurius
Hypernyms: ↑New World oriole, ↑American oriole, ↑oriole
Member Holonyms: ↑Icterus, ↑genus Icterus

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noun
: an oriole (Icterus spurius) of eastern No. America smaller than the Baltimore oriole with the adult male a rich chestnut with a black head, neck, and upper back

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a North American oriole, Icterus spurius, the male of which is chestnut and black.
[1800-10, Amer.]

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orchard oriole,
an oriole of the eastern and central United States and Mexico, similar to the Baltimore oriole but having chestnut instead of orange feathers on its body. It suspends its nest from the branches of fruit and shade trees.

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