hangbird

2 definitions found

hangbird - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Hangbird \Hang"bird`\ (h[a^]ng"b[~e]rd`), n. (Zool.)
     The Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula); -- so called
     because its nest is suspended from the limb of a tree. See
     Baltimore oriole.
     [1913 Webster]

hangbird - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  hangbird
      n 1: eastern subspecies of northern oriole [syn: Baltimore oriole
           , Baltimore bird, hangbird, firebird, Icterus galbula galbula
           ]