tanager

tanager
noun Etymology: New Latin tanagra, modification of Portuguese tangará, any of various birds of the suboscine family Pipridae, from Tupi tagará, taŋgará Date: 1801 any of numerous chiefly tropical American oscine birds (family Thraupidae) that are often brightly colored and inhabit mostly woodlands — compare scarlet tanager

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  • Tanager — Tan a*ger, n. [NL. tanagra, probably fr. Brazilian tangara.] (Zo[ o]l.) 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • tanager — [tan′ə jər] n. [ModL tanagra < Port tángara < Tupí tangara] any of a large family (Thraupidae) of small, New World passerine birds: the males usually are brilliantly colored …   English World dictionary

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  • tanager — /tan euh jeuhr/, n. any of numerous songbirds of the New World family Thraupidae, the males of which are usually brightly colored. [1605 15; < NL tanagra, metathetic var. of Tupi tangara] * * * Any of 200–220 species (family Emberizidae) of New… …   Universalium

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