Greenlet

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of various small greenish birds of the genus Hylophilus of Central and South America, related to the vireos.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Any of various birds in the genus Hylophilus.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One of numerous species of small American singing birds, of the genus Vireo, as the solitary, or blue-headed (Vireo solitarius); the brotherly-love (V. Philadelphicus); the warbling greenlet (V. gilvus); the yellow-throated greenlet (V. flavifrons) and others. See vireo.
  • n. Any species of Cyclorhis, a genus of tropical American birds allied to the tits.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A bird of the family Vireonidæ, small migratory insectivorous birds peculiar to America, of which the characteristic color is greenish or olive; a vireo.
  • n. Some other small greenish bird.
    • Word Usage
    "But the red-eyed greenlet is rather a wood-bird, and we must not look for his nest in the village."
    Variant
    vireo   
     
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