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Define the word V gilvus

"V gilvus" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"

Greenlet \Green"let\, n.
   1. (Zool.) One of numerous species of small American singing
      birds, of the genus Vireo, as the solitary, or
      blue-headed (Vireo solitarius); the brotherly-love (V. Philadelphicus); the warbling greenlet (V. gilvus); the
      yellow-throated greenlet (V. flavifrons) and others. See
      Vireo.
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   2. (Zool,) Any species of Cyclorhis, a genus of tropical
      American birds allied to the tits.
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