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vireo

/vir-ee-oh/US // ˈvɪr iˌoʊ //UK // (ˈvɪrɪəʊ) //

维雷欧,维雷奥,维雷罗,海妖

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural vir·e·os.

    • : 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.

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Examples

  • "Pertest of songsters," the white-eyed vireo makes whatever neighborhood it enters lively at once.

  • Indeed, this warbling vireo seems to be the connecting link between them.

  • The Vireo flashed by a dark body that had a light shining at its bows,—some ship swinging at anchor.

  • Leander eyed the speaker for some seconds in silence before he said, "You wa'n't drowned when the Vireo went to pieces?"

  • Things had been very odd indeed 238 the time the Vireo did not come back; perhaps he really would find out now.