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vireo
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun vireo has 1 sense
- vireo(n = noun.animal) - any of various small insectivorous American birds chiefly olive-grey in color; is a kind of oscine, oscine bird
is a member of genus vireo
has particulars: red-eyed vireo, vireo olivaceous, solitary vireo, vireo solitarius, blue-headed vireo, vireo solitarius solitarius
CIDE DICTIONARY
vireo, n. [L., a species of bird.].
Any one of numerous species of American singing birds belonging to Vireo and allied genera of the family Vireonidæ . In many of the species the back is greenish, or olive-colored. Called also greenlet . [1913 Webster]
" In the Eastern United States the most common species are the white-eyed vireo (Vireo Noveboracensis ), the red-eyed vireo (Vireo olivaceus ), the blue-headed, or solitary, vireo (Vireo solitarius ), the warbling vireo (Vireo gilvus ), and the yellow-throated vireo (Vireo flavifrons ). All these are noted for the sweetness of their songs."
[1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
vireo, n. (pl. -os) any small American songbird of the family Vireonidae.
Etymology
L, perh. = greenfinch
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