northern oriole
northern oriole · northern orioles
A vernacular name applied to all members of Icterus galbula when that species name…A vernacular name applied to all members of Icterus galbula when that species name included both the eastern Baltimore oriole (now in a more narrowly circumscribed species Icterus galbula) and the western Bullock's oriole (now separated as Icterus bullockii).
Meaning
1 senses(archaic)A vernacular name applied to all members of Icterus galbula when that species name included both the eastern Baltimore oriole (now in a more narrowly circumscribed species Icterus galbula) and the western Bullock's oriole (now separated as Icterus bullockii).
More definitions
- a kind of New World oriole
Forms
plural: northern orioles| Singular | northern oriole |
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Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- a kind of New World oriole:Icterus galbula