Bal·ti·more bird Bal·ti·more o·ri·ole Zool. A common bird (Icterus galbula) of eastern and central America and Canada, named after Lord Baltimore, because its colors (black and orange red) are like those of his coat of arms; -- called also golden robin. It winters in the American tropics.
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Hang·bird n. Zool. The Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula); -- so called because its nest is suspended from the limb of a tree. See Baltimore oriole.
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Icterus galbula
n : a kind of New World oriole [syn: northern oriole]