tanagrine

[ tan-uh-grin ]

adjective

1. of or relating to the tanagers; belonging to the tanager family.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tanagrine¹

1885–90; < New Latin tanagr ( a ) tanager + -ine ¹

Example Sentences

Tanager, tan′ā-jėr, n. any tanagrine bird, a member of the Tanagrid�, a family of the Passeriformes or perching birds, closely allied to the finches.—n.

From Project Gutenberg

But they carry them in the same easy graceful manner as erstwhile the discarded pottery, and without losing in the least the gracious tanagrine outline.

From Project Gutenberg