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Bul·lock's oriole | \ ˈbu̇-ləks- 
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\Definition of Bullock's oriole
: an oriole (Icterus bullockii) of the western U.S. in which the male has a black crown and black line through the eye and the female has a yellowish head and breast and that was formerly considered to be a subspecies of northern oriole
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