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tanager
[ tan-uh-jer ]
noun
- Also called true tanager. any of numerous small New World songbirds of the family Thraupidae (tanager family), the males of which are usually brightly colored, including the multicolored green-headed tanager , Tangara seledon, of South America.
tanager
/ ˈtænədʒə /
noun
- any American songbird of the family Thraupidae, having a short thick bill and a brilliantly coloured male plumage
Word History and Origins
Origin of tanager1
Word History and Origins
Origin of tanager1
Example Sentences
News of the arrival of the scarlet tanager - more usually found in the forests of North America - broke last weekend, sending birdwatchers into a state of excitement.
The scarlet tanager is Mr Nash's 435th species spotted in Britain.
The landscape may look desolate and unforgiving to an outsider — a setting where Chuckwalla lizards, cactus wrens and western tanagers thrive — but for the Cahuilla it is a paradise.
Exactly why the area attracts as many as 13,000 tanagers, orioles, buntings, grosbeaks and warblers on a single day is not entirely understood.
“It’s from a scarlet tanager. Tia Rosario found it in the Dominican Republic and just brought it back for me. Isn’t it beautiful?”
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