vireo

[ vir-ee-oh ]
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noun,plural vir·e·os.
  1. any of several small, insectivorous American birds of the family Vireonidae, having the plumage usually olive-green or gray above and white or yellow below.

Origin of vireo

1
1825–35; <New Latin; Latin vireō (Pliny), probably the greenfinch, derivative of virēre to be green

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How to use vireo in a sentence

  • "Pertest of songsters," the white-eyed vireo makes whatever neighborhood it enters lively at once.

    Bird Neighbors | Neltje Blanchan
  • Indeed, this warbling vireo seems to be the connecting link between them.

    Bird Neighbors | Neltje Blanchan
  • The vireo flashed by a dark body that had a light shining at its bows,—some ship swinging at anchor.

    Friendship and Folly | Maria Louise Pool
  • Leander eyed the speaker for some seconds in silence before he said, "You wa'n't drowned when the vireo went to pieces?"

    Friendship and Folly | Maria Louise Pool
  • Things had been very odd indeed 238 the time the vireo did not come back; perhaps he really would find out now.

    Friendship and Folly | Maria Louise Pool

British Dictionary definitions for vireo

vireo

/ (ˈvɪrɪəʊ) /


nounplural vireos
  1. any insectivorous American songbird of the family Vireonidae, esp those of the genus Vireo, having an olive-grey back with pale underparts

Origin of vireo

1
C19: from Latin: a bird, probably a greenfinch; compare virēre to be green

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