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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