red-eyed vireo

red-eyed vireo
noun Date: 1839 a North American vireo (Vireo olivaceus) having an olive-green back, white underparts, and red irises

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  • red-eyed vireo — ☆ red eyed vireo [red′īd΄ ] n. a North American vireo (Vireo olivaceus) with gray and olive green coloring …   English World dictionary

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  • red-eyed vireo — /red uyd / an American vireo, Vireo olivaceus, having olive green and white plumage and red irises. Also called redeye, preacher bird. See illus. under vireo. [1830 40, Amer.] * * * …   Universalium

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  • Vireo flavifrons — Vireo Vir e*o, n. [L., a species of bird.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of American singing birds belonging to {Vireo} and allied genera of the family {Vireonid[ae]}. In many of the species the back is greenish, or olive colored. Called …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Vireo gilvus — Vireo Vir e*o, n. [L., a species of bird.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of American singing birds belonging to {Vireo} and allied genera of the family {Vireonid[ae]}. In many of the species the back is greenish, or olive colored. Called …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Vireo Noveboracensis — Vireo Vir e*o, n. [L., a species of bird.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of American singing birds belonging to {Vireo} and allied genera of the family {Vireonid[ae]}. In many of the species the back is greenish, or olive colored. Called …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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