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Bullock's oriole

[ boo l-uh ks ]
/ ˈbʊl əks /

noun

a common oriole, Icterus galbula bullockii, of western North America: a subspecies of the northern oriole.

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Origin of Bullock's oriole

1855–60, Americanism; named after William Bullock, 19th-century English naturalist
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