Any of various New World birds of the family Icteridae, typically having glossy black plumage with red, yellow, or orange patches. Frequently with…
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| 释义 | the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Icteridae > [noun] > genus Icterus (oriole) (14) starling1674 Any of various New World birds of the family Icteridae, typically having glossy black plumage with red, yellow, or orange patches. Frequently with… icterus1713 Zoology. A genus of American passerine birds, formerly nearly coextensive with the modern family Icteridæ, now restricted to the American orioles or… hanging bird1759 = hangbird, n. oriole1782 Any of various New World songbirds of the genus Icterus (family Icteridae), which resemble the Oriolidae in the bright plumage of the males. hangbird1789 A bird that builds a hanging nest; esp. an American oriole of the family Icteridæ. hammock1853 transferred. Applied to the suspended nest of the hangbird or American oriole; and to the suspended case made by the caterpillars of certain moths. Subcategories:— icterus galbula (4) — icterus icterus (troupial) (2) — other types of (2) |
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