Definitions
any of various small insectivorous American birds chiefly olive-grey in color
Word origin
From translingual Vireo (genus name), from Latin vireō (“to be green”).
Used in a sentence
“The voices of male vireos are a constant in the spring woodland, providing background music to the longer, prettier songs of tanagers and thrushes. Vireos tend to sing in bursts interrupted by short or long pauses.”
“2012, Eloise Potter, Birds of the Carolinas, Easyread Large Edition, page 94, This is our only vireo that has two white wing bars, yellow spectacles, and yellow sides.”
“Family Vireonidae Vireos The vireos are slim grayish green birds that stay high up in the trees most of the time.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Olive-gray songbird”5 letters
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