"vireo" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: vireos [plural], vireoes [plural]
Etymology: From translingual Vireo (genus name), from Latin vireō (“I am green”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|mul|Vireo}} translingual Vireo, {{der|en|la|vireō||I am green}} Latin vireō (“I am green”), {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)ker-|*weys-|id=turn}} Head templates: {{en-noun|s|vireoes}} vireo (plural vireos or vireoes)
  1. Any of a number of small insectivorous passerine birds, of the genus Vireo, that have grey-green plumage. Categories (lifeform): Perching birds Translations (any species of genus Vireo): vireo (Finnish), viréo [masculine] (French), verderón [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-vireo-en-noun-gLu34Mb0 Disambiguation of Perching birds: 60 40 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 47 53 Disambiguation of 'any species of genus Vireo': 84 16
  2. Any bird of the family Vireonidae, which includes vireos, shrike-vireos, greenlets, and peppershrikes.
    Sense id: en-vireo-en-noun-99Wsnhjw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 47 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Bell's vireo, Hutton's vireo, shrike-vireo (taxonomic: Vireolanius spp.), warbling vireo

Inflected forms

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