| 释义 |
baltimore oriole
noun
or baltimore bird
Usage: usually capitalized B
Etymology: after Lord Baltimore
: a common American oriole (Icterus galbula) that builds a finely woven pendent nest of various fibers and grasses and that in the female has prevailingly brown and greenish yellow plumage and in the male has a black head, upper back, and tail base, black and white wings, and a yellow-orange outer part of the outer tail feathers and has the remaining plumage a brilliant orange |