red-eyed vireo
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of red-eyed vireo
An Americanism dating back to 1830–40
Example Sentences
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The rose-breasted grosbeak is there too, and the red-eyed vireo, and the indigo bunting.
From Washington Post • Feb. 22, 2023
The deadpan statement, "red eye is of little aid," has nothing to do with liquor but refers to the red-eyed vireo � better "characterized by the gray cap and the black-bordered white 'eyebrow' stripe."
From Time Magazine Archive
Another curious visitor was a red-eyed vireo, who, being received in the same innocent and childlike way, also took his leave.
From Little Brothers of the Air by Miller, Olive Thorne
As I was about leaving the woods my hat almost brushed the nest of the red-eyed vireo, which hung basket-like on the end of a low, drooping branch of the beech.
From Wake-Robin by Burroughs, John
The American red-start comes to our very feet, the yellow warbler, the Tennessee warbler, the red-eyed vireo, and the magnolia warbler, which last, a young Cree tells us, is "High-Chief-of-all-the-small-birds."
From The New North by Cameron, Agnes Deans
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