northern oriole

northern oriole

n. A name formerly used for a species of American songbird that has been reclassified as two species, the Baltimore oriole and the Bullock's oriole.

north′ern o′riole

n. a North American oriole, Icterus galbula, with distinctive eastern and western subspecies that interbreed in the Great Plains region. Compare Baltimore oriole, Bullock's oriole.

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northern oriole - a kind of New World oriole Icterus galbulaAmerican oriole, New World oriole, oriole - American songbird; male is black and orange or yellowgenus Icterus, Icterus - type genus of the IcteridaeBaltimore bird, Baltimore oriole, hangbird, Icterus galbula galbula, firebird - eastern subspecies of northern orioleBullock's oriole, Icterus galbula bullockii - western subspecies of northern oriole