| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Baltimore oriole |
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| NOUN: | A subspecies (Icterus galbula galbula) of the northern oriole in its eastern range, of which the male is bright orange and black and the female olive brown with white wing bars. | | ETYMOLOGY: | After Lord Baltimore.
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