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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
Icterus galbula
    n 1: a kind of New World oriole [syn: northern oriole,
         Icterus galbula]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Hangbird \Hang"bird`\ (h[a^]ng"b[~e]rd`), n. (Zool.)
   The Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula); -- so called
   because its nest is suspended from the limb of a tree. See
   Baltimore oriole.
   [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Baltimore bird \Bal"ti*more bird`\, Baltimore oriole
\Bal"ti*more o"ri*ole\ (Zool.)
   A common bird (Icterus galbula) of eastern and central
   America and Canada, named after Lord Baltimore, because its
   colors (black and orange red) are like those of his coat of
   arms; -- called also golden robin. It winters in the
   American tropics.
   [1913 Webster]

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