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noun
A vernacular name applied to all members of Icterus galbula when that species name included both the eastern Baltimore oriole (now in a more narrowly circumscribed species Icterus galbula) and the western Bullock's oriole (now separated as Icterus bullockii).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
a kind of New World oriole
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Icterus galbula
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: New World oriole, American oriole, oriole
Narrower terms: Baltimore oriole, Baltimore bird, hangbird, firebird, Icterus galbula galbula, Bullock's oriole, Icterus galbula bullockii
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