- vireo
- vireo (n.) 1834, from L. vireo, a word Pliny uses for some kind of bird, perhaps the greenfinch, from virere "be green" (see VERDURE (Cf. verdure)). Applied in modern times to an Amer. bird.
Etymology dictionary. 2014.
Etymology dictionary. 2014.
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 also… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
vireo — víreo (del lat. «virĕo») m. En algunos sitios *oropéndola (pájaro). ≃ Virio. * * * víreo. (Del lat. vireo). m. oropéndola. * * * Cualquiera de 42 especies (familia Vireonidae) de aves canoras del Nuevo Mundo con un grueso pico de punta ganchuda,… … Enciclopedia Universal
víreo — (Del lat. vireo). m. oropéndola … Diccionario de la lengua española
Vireo — Vireo, Vogel, s.u. Würger … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
vireo — ☆ vireo [vir′ē ō΄ ] n. pl. vireos [L, greenfinch, akin to virere, to be green] any of a family (Vireonidae) of small, insect eating, American passerine birds, with olive green or gray plumage vireonine [vir′ē ə nīn΄, vir′ē ənin] adj., n … English World dictionary
Vireo — Taxobox name = Vireos image width = 250px image caption = Yellow throated Vireo ( Vireo flavifrons ) regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Passeriformes subordo = Passeri familia = Vireonidae familia authority = Swainson, 1837 … Wikipedia
Vireo — Vireo … Wikipédia en Français
Vireo — Vireo … Wikipedia Español
vireo — /vir ee oh /, n., pl. vireos. any of several small, insectivorous American birds of the family Vireonidae, having the plumage usually olive green or gray above and white or yellow below. [1825 35; < NL; L vireo (Pliny), prob. the greenfinch,… … Universalium
Vireo — tikrieji vireonai statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Vireo angl. vireo rus. виреон, m; настоящий виреон, m pranc. viréo, m ryšiai: platesnis terminas – tikrieji vireonai siauresnis terminas – andinis vireonas siauresnis… … Paukščių pavadinimų žodynas