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NORTHERN ORIOLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does northern oriole mean? 

NORTHERN ORIOLE (noun)
  The noun NORTHERN ORIOLE has 1 sense:

1. a kind of New World orioleplay

  Familiarity information: NORTHERN ORIOLE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NORTHERN ORIOLE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A kind of New World oriole

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Icterus galbula; northern oriole

Hypernyms ("northern oriole" 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 "northern oriole"):

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 ("northern oriole" is a member of...):

genus Icterus; Icterus (type genus of the Icteridae)


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