Phrase guide

Baltimore oriole

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of species Icterus galbula of small New World blackbirds.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Baltimore, Baltimore bird, Baltimore finch, gold robin

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

eastern subspecies of northern oriole

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Baltimore bird, hangbird, firebird, Icterus galbula galbula

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: northern oriole, Icterus galbula

History

Etymology

The male's colours resemble those of the coat of arms of Lord Baltimore.

Across languages

Translations

7 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: turpial de Baltimore — Icterus galbula
  • Cherokee: ᏬᎵᏓ (wolida) — Icterus galbula
  • Finnish: lehtoturpiaali — Icterus galbula
  • German: Baltimoretrupial — Icterus galbula
  • Hungarian: narancstrupiál — Icterus galbula
  • Russian: балтимо́рская и́волга (baltimórskaja ívolga) — Icterus galbula
  • Russian: балтимо́рский цветно́й трупиа́л (baltimórskij cvetnój trupiál) — Icterus galbula