Greenlet \Green"let\, n. l. (Zo["o]l.) 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.

2. (Zo["o]l,) Any species of Cyclorhis, a genus of tropical American birds allied to the tits.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)