Tanager meaning

tăn'ĭ-jər
Any of various songbirds of the family Thraupidae of the Americas, often having brightly colored plumage in the male.
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Any of various similar birds of the family Cardinalidae, such as the scarlet tanager.
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Any of a large family (Thraupidae) of small, New World passerine birds: the males usually are brilliantly colored.
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Any of several American passerine birds, of the family Thraupidae, that inhabit forests.
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Origin of tanager

New Latin tanagra alteration of Portuguese tangará from Tupí tanagorá

Sentence Examples

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  • canopy flock held another endemic, Rufous-cheeked Tanager, whilst the restricted-range Fulvous-headed Tanager foraged in the outer leaves of a roadside tree.

  • Bird highlights here included streaked flycatcher, white shouldered tanager, crested guan and orange collared manakin.

  • speckled tanager: Noted only on 1 day, 2 on 25th.

  • hepatic tanager - A pair seen well on the Blanchisseuse Road (T ).

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