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[syn: northern oriole, Icterus galbula]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hangbird \Hang"bird`\ (h[a^]ng"b[~e]rd`), n. (Zool.)
The Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula); -- so called
because its nest is suspended from the limb of a tree. See
Baltimore oriole.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Baltimore bird \Bal"ti*more bird`\, Baltimore oriole
\Bal"ti*more o"ri*ole\ (Zool.)
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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Icterus galbula
n 1: a kind of New World oriole [syn: northern oriole,
Icterus galbula]