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Vireonidae

noun

small insectivorous American songbirds

• Syn: ↑family Vireonidae

• Hypernyms: ↑bird family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Oscines, ↑suborder Oscines, ↑Passeres, ↑suborder Passeres

• Member Meronyms: ↑genus Vireo

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\\ˌvirēˈänəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Vireon-, Vireo, type genus + -idae

: a family of small insectivorous American passerine birds that are plainly but delicately colored chiefly in olivaceous and grayish shades, that are sweet singers, and that usually build pensile nests

Useful english dictionary. 2012.