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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. of eastern North America having a bluish-grey head and mostly green body;
[syn: solitary vireo, Vireo solitarius]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Greenlet \Green"let\, n. 1. (Zool.) 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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zool,) Any species of Cyclorhis, a genus of tropical American birds allied to the tits. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Vireo \Vir"e*o\, n. [L., a species of bird.] (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of American singing birds belonging to Vireo and allied genera of the family Vireonidae. In many of the species the back is greenish, or olive-colored. Called also greenlet. [1913 Webster] Note: In the Eastern United States the most common species are the white-eyed vireo (Vireo Noveboracensis), the red-eyed vireo (Vireo olivaceus), the blue-headed, or solitary, vireo (Vireo solitarius), the warbling vireo (Vireo gilvus), and the yellow-throated vireo (Vireo flavifrons). All these are noted for the sweetness of their songs. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Vireo solitarius n 1: of eastern North America having a bluish-grey head and mostly green body [syn: solitary vireo, Vireo solitarius]