Baltimore bird love

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from The Century Dictionary.

  • See oriole.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • (Zoöl.) A common bird (Icterus galbula) of eastern and central America and Canada, named after Lord Baltimore, because its colors (black and orange red) are like those of his coat of arms; -- called also golden robin. It winters in the American tropics.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun eastern subspecies of northern oriole

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