vireo

Black-whiskered vireos, Vireo altiloquus

Meaning

Noun

Any of a number of small insectivorous passerine birds, of the genus Vireo, that have grey-green plumage.
Any bird of the family Vireonidae, which includes vireos, shrike-vireo, greenlets and peppershrikes.
The family Vireonidae.

Origin

From Translingual Vireo (genus name), from Latin vireo ("I am green").

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