Definition of Baltimore bird

1. Noun. Eastern subspecies of northern oriole.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Baltimore Bird

Balt
Balthasar
Balthazar
Balthazars
Balti
Baltic
Baltic-Finnic
Baltic Republic
Baltic Sea
Baltic State
Baltic herring
Baltic herrings
Baltic language
Baltic myoclonus disease
Baltimore
Baltimore bird
Balto-Finnic
Balto-Slav
Balto-Slavic
Balto-Slavic language
Balto-Slavonic
Balto-Slavs
Balts
Baluchi
Baluci
Balzac
Balzacian
Balzacians
Bama
Bamako

Literary usage of Baltimore bird

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Ornithology, Or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States by Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, Robert Jameson, George Ord, William Maxwell Hetherington (1831)
"baltimore bird, OR ORIOLE. WILSON, PL. I. FIG. III. MALE. EDINBURGH COLLEGE MUSEUM. THIS is a bird of passage, arriving in Pennsylvania, from the south, ..."

2. A History of the Earth, and Animated Natureby Oliver Goldsmith, Washington Irving by Oliver Goldsmith, Washington Irving (1854)
"The " baltimore bird," or " oriole." This is a bird of passage, arriving in Pennsylvania from the south about the beginning of May, and departing at the end ..."

3. Expository Writing: Materials for a College Course in Exposition by Analysis by Maurice Garland Fulton (1912)
""Baltimore," as applied in the vernacular to Icterus galbula, was first used in ornithological literature by Catesby—"The baltimore bird"—the name being ..."

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