bullock's oriole

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   western subspecies of northern oriole

   SynonymsIcterus galbula bullockii

   Broadernorthern oriole

Questions about bullock's oriole

What does bullock's oriole mean?

bullock's oriole means "western subspecies of northern oriole".

What is another word for bullock's oriole?

Close synonyms include Icterus galbula bullockii. 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 bullock's oriole a common word?

bullock's 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.