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n.
the Baltimore oriole, Icterus galbula, so called because the flash of its orange breast through the tree leaves suggested the glow of a fire.
Quotations
1910
The orioles have several names too. The Indians call them "fire-birds," and the settlers "hang-birds," because of their pendant nests.
1924
In the swaying boughs of a drooping elm the fire-bird builds her nest.
1959
Baltimore Oriole [is also called] Fire Bird.