1.
[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]