Tanager Definition

tănĭ-jər
tanagers
noun
Any of a large family (Thraupidae) of small, New World passerine birds: the males usually are brilliantly colored.
Webster's New World
Any of various similar birds of the family Cardinalidae, such as the scarlet tanager.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Tanager

Noun

Singular:
tanager
Plural:
tanagers

Origin of Tanager

  • New Latin tanagra alteration of Portuguese tangará from Tupí tanagorá

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From New Latin Tanagra, from Portuguese tangara, from Old Tupi tangara.

    From Wiktionary

Tanager Sentence Examples

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

  • We were immediately captivated by the tanagers, the most exotic of which were the Green-headed and the Brazilian Tanager.

  • Seeing Cherry-throated tanager is, however, a very expensive joke.

  • It is the northernmost home of the opossum, grey fox, fox squirrel, cardinal bird, Carolina wren, tufted tit, gnat catcher, summer tanager and yellow-breasted chat.

  • Hepatic Tanager - A pair seen well on the Blanchisseuse Road (T).

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Words Starting With

TTATAN

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RERGER

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