Baltimore oriole
- Baltimore oriole
noun
eastern subspecies of northern oriole
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or baltimore bird
: a common American oriole (Icterus galbula) that builds a finely woven pendent nest of various fibers and grasses and that in the female has prevailingly brown and greenish yellow plumage and in the male has a black head, upper back, and tail base, black and white wings, and a yellow-orange outer part of the outer tail feathers and has the remaining plumage a brilliant orange
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an oriole, Icterus galbula galbula, of eastern North America: a subspecies of the northern oriole.
[
1800-10; earlier Baltimore (bird); so named because the black and orange of the male were the colors of Lord BALTIMORE's livery]
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Baltimore oriole,
a North American bird. The male has orange and black feathers and the female has brown and greenish yellow feathers.
╂[earlier
Baltimore bird (because the male's colors were those of Lord
Baltimore's livery)]
Useful english dictionary.
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Baltimore oriole — ☆ Baltimore oriole n. [so named from having the colors of the coat of arms of Lord Baltimore (son of 1st Baron Baltimore), colonial proprietor of Maryland] a North American oriole (Icterus galbula) that has an orange body with black on the head,… … English World dictionary
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Baltimore oriole — an oriole, Icterus galbula galbula, of eastern North America: a subspecies of the northern oriole. [1800 10; earlier Baltimore (bird); so named because the black and orange of the male were the colors of Lord BALTIMORE s livery] * * * … Universalium
Baltimore oriole — 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… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Baltimore oriole — Bal′timore o′riole n. orn 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 • Etymology:… … From formal English to slang
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Baltimore Orioles — gegründet 1894 Voller Name Baltimore Orioles … Deutsch Wikipedia
