vireo
pronunciation
How to pronounce vireo in British English: UK ['vɪrɪəʊ]
How to pronounce vireo in American English: US ['vɪrɪˌoʊ]
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- Noun:
- any of various small insectivorous American birds chiefly olive-gray in color
Word Origin
- vireo (n.)
- small American bird, 1834, a modern use of Latin vireo, a word Pliny applied to some kind of bird, believed to be the European greenfinch, from virere "be green" (see verdure).