icterus galbula

3 definitions found

icterus galbula - 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]

  Baltimore bird \Bal"ti*more bird`\, Baltimore oriole
  \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.
     [1913 Webster]

icterus galbula - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Icterus galbula
      n 1: a kind of New World oriole [syn: northern oriole,
           Icterus galbula]