baltimore oriole

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   eastern subspecies of northern oriole

   SynonymsBaltimore birdhangbirdfirebirdIcterus galbula galbula

   Broadernorthern oriole

Questions about baltimore oriole

What does baltimore oriole mean?

baltimore oriole means "eastern subspecies of northern oriole".

What is another word for baltimore oriole?

Close synonyms include Baltimore bird, hangbird, firebird, Icterus galbula galbula. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is baltimore oriole a common word?

baltimore oriole is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.