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Bell's vireo

Bell's vireo noun: vireo bellii, a songbird, dull olive-gray above and whitish below, with a faint white eye ring and faint wing bars, that migrates between a breeding range in Western North America and a winter range in Central America.

Noun

Bell's vireo (plural Bell's vireos)

  1. Vireo bellii, a songbird, dull olive-gray above and whitish below, with a faint white eye ring and faint wing bars, that migrates between a breeding range in Western North America and a winter range in Central America.

Forms of Bell's vireo

pluralBell's vireos

Origin of Bell's vireo

Named by Audubon after John Graham Bell, who accompanied him on his trip up the Missouri River in the 1840s.

Words formed from Bell's vireo

  • least Bell's vireo

Questions about Bell's vireo

What does Bell's vireo mean?
Bell's vireo means vireo bellii, a songbird, dull olive-gray above and whitish below, with a faint white eye ring and faint wing bars, that migrates between a breeding range in Western North America and a winter range in Central America.
What part of speech is Bell's vireo?
Bell's vireo is a noun.
What is the plural of Bell's vireo?
The plural of Bell's vireo is Bell's vireos.

Words near Bell's vireo in the dictionary

  1. bell work
  2. Bell's palsy
  3. Bell's sparrow
  4. Bell's sparrows
  5. Bell's theorem
  6. Bell's vireo
  7. bell, book and candle
  8. bell-bearer
  9. bell-bearers
  10. bell-bind
  11. bell-bottom

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