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