a small American songbird, typically having a green or grey back and yellow or white underparts 莺雀
Family Vireonidae (the vireo family): two genera, especially Vireo, and several species. The vireo family also includes the greenlets and pepper-shrikes. 莺雀科:2属,尤指莺雀属,数种。莺雀科也包括绿莺雀和鵙雀
语源
mid 19th cent.: from Latin, perhaps denoting a greenfinch.