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vireos

Variant of vireo

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noun pl. vireos

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

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

Related Forms:

vireonine adjective, noun

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