Associations to the word «Vireo»

Wiktionary

VIREO, noun. Any of a number of small insectivorous passerine birds, of the genus Vireo, that have grey-green plumage.
VIREO, noun. (in plural) Any bird of the family Vireonidae, which includes vireos, shrike-vireos, greenlets and peppershrikes.
VIREO, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Vireonidae   — the vireos.

Dictionary definition

VIREO, noun. Any of various small insectivorous American birds chiefly olive-grey in color.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats