ICTERUS GALBULA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Icterus galbula mean? 

• ICTERUS GALBULA (noun)
  The noun ICTERUS GALBULA has 1 sense:

1. a kind of New World oriole

  Familiarity information: ICTERUS GALBULA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ICTERUS GALBULA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A kind of New World oriole

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Icterus galbula; northern oriole

Hypernyms ("Icterus galbula" is a kind of...):

American oriole; New World oriole; oriole (American songbird; male is black and orange or yellow)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Icterus galbula"):

Baltimore bird; Baltimore oriole; firebird; hangbird; Icterus galbula galbula (eastern subspecies of northern oriole)

Bullock's oriole; Icterus galbula bullockii (western subspecies of northern oriole)

Holonyms ("Icterus galbula" is a member of...):

genus Icterus; Icterus (type genus of the Icteridae)