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tanager

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Noun

HYPHEN

tan=a=ger

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun tanager has 1 sense

tanager(n = noun.animal) Array - any of numerous New World woodland birds having brightly colored males; Array

is a kind of

oscine

oscine bird

is a member of family thraupidae, thraupidae

has particulars: firebird, piranga olivacea, redbird, scarlet tanager, piranga ludoviciana, western tanager, piranga rubra, summer redbird, summer tanager, hepatic tanager, piranga flava hepatica

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CIDE DICTIONARY

tanager, n. [NL. tanagra, probably fr. Brazilian tangara.].

Any one of numerous species of bright-colored singing birds belonging to Tanagra, Piranga, and allied genera. The scarlet tanager (Piranga erythromelas) and the summer redbird (Piranga rubra) are common species of the United States. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

tanager, n. any small American bird of the subfamily Thraupinae, the male usu. having brightly-coloured plumage.

Etymology

mod.L tanagra f. Tupi tangara

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