Main Entry: Bal·ti·more oriole

Pronunciation: \ˈbȯl-tə-ˌmȯr-, -mər-\

Function: noun

Etymology: George Calvert, Lord Baltimore

Date: 1808

: an oriole (Icterus galbula) of the eastern and central United States and southern Canada in which the male has a solid black head and the female usually has an olive-brown back and orange-yellow underside and that was formerly considered to be a subspecies of northern oriole