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Definition of Genus vireo
1. Noun. Type genus of the Vireonidae.
Group relationships: Family Vireonidae, Vireonidae
Member holonyms: Vireo
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Vireo
Literary usage of Genus vireo
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Key to North American Birds: Containing a Concise Account of Every Species by Elliott Coues (1872)
"The typical and principal genus, Vireo, containing nearly thirty species, ...
Genus VIREO Vieillot. The numerous species of this genus have been divided ..."
2. Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America: With Keys to the Species and by Frank Michler Chapman (1895)
"... most of them being confined to Central and South America. Some fifteen species,
all belonging to the genus Vireo, reach the United States. ..."
3. The Canadian Journal of Industry, Science and Art by Canadian Institute (1849-1914) (1860)
"Two individuals shot in April, 1860 Not observed prior to that date. genus vireo.
1. V. flavifrons—Yellow-throated Vireo. Not very numerous. ..."
4. Check-list of North American Birds by American Ornithologists' Union (1910)
"(San Jose' del Rancho, near San Jose' del Cabo, Lower California.) RANGE.— Cape
Region of Lower California. genus vireo VIEILLOT. Vireo VIEILLOT, Ois. Amer. ..."
5. Report on the Birds of Pennsylvania: With Special Reference to the Food by Pennsylvania Ornithologist, Benjamin Harry Warren (1890)
"genus vireo VIEILLOT. Vireo olivaceus (Lira.). Red-eyed Vireo. DESCRIPTION (Plate
40). Largest of the genus. Length about 6} ; extent about 10J inches; ..."
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