greenlet

[green-lit]

noun

any of various small vireos of the genus Hylophilus, having greenish plumage, found in Central and South America.

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Historical Examples of greenlet

At last we had before us the rare and long-desired Philadelphia greenlet.
The Foot-path Way
Bradford Torrey
I wondered, by the bye, whether my speech was as unintelligible to the greenlet as hers was to me.
A Rambler's lease
Bradford Torrey

British Dictionary definitions for greenlet

greenlet

noun

a vireo, esp one of the genus Hylophilus

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