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☆ vireo (vir′ē ō′)

noun pl. vireos -·os′

any of a family (Vireonidae) of small, insect-eating, American passerine birds, with olive-green or gray plumage

Etymology: L, greenfinch, akin to virere, to be green

Related Forms:

  • vireonine vir′eo·nine′ (vir′ē ə nīn′, -nin) adjective, noun

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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