vireo

n. 绿鹃

发音

US /ˈvi.ɹi.oʊ/
其它

词形变化

vireoes vireos 复数 vireos vireoes 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of a number of small insectivorous passerine birds, of the genus Vireo, that have grey-green plumage.

    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.

  2. 2.

    Any bird of the family Vireonidae, which includes vireos, shrike-vireos, greenlets, and peppershrikes.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

oscine

相关短语

Bell's vireo Hutton's vireo warbling vireo

词源

From translingual Vireo (genus name), from Latin vireō (“to be green”).

来源：wiktionary