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Webster 1913 Edition
Baltimore oriole
{
Bal′ti-more birdˊ
,Bal′ti-more o′ri-ole
. }(Zool.)
A common bird (
Icterus galbula
) of eastern and central America and Canada, named after Lord
, because its colors (black and orange red) are like those of his coat of arms; – called also Baltimore
golden robin
. It winters in the American tropics.