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VIREO

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any of various small insectivorous American birds chiefly olive-grey in color

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("vireo" is a kind of...):

oscine; oscine bird (passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vireo"):

red-eyed vireo; Vireo olivaceous (of northern North America having red irises and an olive-grey body with white underparts)

solitary vireo; Vireo solitarius (of eastern North America having a bluish-grey head and mostly green body)

blue-headed vireo; Vireo solitarius solitarius (common vireo of northeastern North America with bluish slaty-grey head)

Holonyms ("vireo" is a member of...):

genus Vireo (type genus of the Vireonidae)

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