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Definition of Hangbird
1. Noun. Eastern subspecies of northern oriole.
Generic synonyms: Icterus Galbula, Northern Oriole
Definition of Hangbird
1. n. The Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula); -- so called because its nest is suspended from the limb of a tree. See Baltimore oriole.
Definition of Hangbird
1. Noun. (zoology) The Baltimore oriole (''Icterus galbula''), whose nest is suspended from the limb of a tree. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hangbird
1. a type of bird [n -S]
Medical Definition of Hangbird
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Hangbird
Literary usage of Hangbird
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Neighbours of Field, Wood, and Stream: Or, Through the Year with Nature's by Morton Grinnell (1901)
"PART L hangbird the Oriole—Brilliant the Scarlet Tanager—Speckle the Trout—Ruffle
the Partridge. IT was the tenth of May at Rockland, and the sweet, ..."
2. With Trumpet and Drum by Eugene Field (1892)
"... She told me 't would be wicked to destroy a hangbird's eggs, And then she 'd
call on father and on gran'pa to attest fhat they, as boys, ..."
3. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau (1906)
"What a reminiscence of summer, a fiery hangbird's nest dangling from an elm over
the road when perhaps the thermometer is down to — 20 (? ..."
4. English Lessons by Ada Van Stone Harris, Charles Benajah Gilbert (1912)
"What words help you to see it ? What does the next stanza tell about ? What is
another name for the hangbird ? Can you tell why it is called a ..."
5. English Poetry: Its Principles and Progress, with Representative by Charles Mills Gayley, Clement Calhoun Young, Benjamin Putnam Kurtz (1920)
"See Dkt. under both hangbird and Baltimore oriole. 338-343. The Summer's . . .
round : see II. 119-127. Describe and account for the change. 346-347. ..."
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