greenletn.

Brit.

/ˈɡriːnlᵻt/, U.S.

/ˈɡrinlət/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: green adj., -let suffix.

Etymology: < green adj. + -let suffix, apparently as an etymologizing calque on classical Latin vireō vireo n.

Any of numerous small greenish songbirds of the American family Vireonidae; a vireo; (in later use) spec. one of the genus Hylophilus, of Central and South America. Frequently with distinguishing word.

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1831 W. Swainson & J. Richardson Fauna Boreali-Americana II. 233 1. Vireo olivaceus (Bonaparte), Red-eyed Greenlet.

1869 Galaxy Mag. Aug. 170 The Vireos, or Greenlets, are a sort of connecting-link between the Warblers and the true Fly-catchers.

1885 Standard Nat. Hist. IV. 513 The greenlets reach their highest development in the genus Cyclorhis.

1917 T. G. Pearson Birds Amer. III. 109 White-eyed Vireo... Other names.—White-eyed Greenlet; Politician.

1957 Condor 59 100 The greenlets, which stayed about five feet above ground, seemed quite agitated by our presence.

2005 Oecologia 143 111/2 The most common foliage-gleaning bird species at both sites was Hylophilus decurtatus (Lesser Greenlet).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	greenlet
释义	greenletn. Brit. /ˈɡriːnlᵻt/, U.S. /ˈɡrinlət/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: green adj., -let suffix. Etymology: < green adj. + -let suffix, apparently as an etymologizing calque on classical Latin vireō vireo n. Any of numerous small greenish songbirds of the American family Vireonidae; a vireo; (in later use) spec. one of the genus Hylophilus, of Central and South America. Frequently with distinguishing word. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > [noun] > family Vireonidae (vireo) > miscellaneous types of greenlet1831 shrikelet1866 1831 W. Swainson & J. Richardson Fauna Boreali-Americana II. 233 1. Vireo olivaceus (Bonaparte), Red-eyed Greenlet. 1869 Galaxy Mag. Aug. 170 The Vireos, or Greenlets, are a sort of connecting-link between the Warblers and the true Fly-catchers. 1885 Standard Nat. Hist. IV. 513 The greenlets reach their highest development in the genus Cyclorhis. 1917 T. G. Pearson Birds Amer. III. 109 White-eyed Vireo... Other names.—White-eyed Greenlet; Politician. 1957 Condor 59 100 The greenlets, which stayed about five feet above ground, seemed quite agitated by our presence. 2005 Oecologia 143 111/2 The most common foliage-gleaning bird species at both sites was Hylophilus decurtatus (Lesser Greenlet). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1831
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