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 pluralUsage: capitalized
: 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.