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Baltimore oriole
noun
Bal·ti·more oriole
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Definition of Baltimore oriole
: an oriole (Icterus galbula) of the eastern and central U.S. 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
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