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noun
Any of a number of small insectivorous passerine birds, of the genus Vireo, that have grey-green plumage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Any bird of the family Vireonidae, which includes vireos, shrike-vireos, greenlets, and peppershrikes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
any of various small insectivorous American birds chiefly olive-grey in color
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: oscine, oscine bird
Narrower terms: red-eyed vireo, Vireo olivaceous, solitary vireo, Vireo solitarius, blue-headed vireo, Vireo solitarius solitarius
History
From translingual Vireo (genus name), from Latin vireō (“to be green”).
Across languages
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
