tanager
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.
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How to use tanager in a sentence
The tanager was always a very shy bird; he did not like to be looked at.
In Nesting Time | Olive Thorne MillerI waited only for warm days to set free the tanager, and at last they came.
In Nesting Time | Olive Thorne MillerDense foliage no more conceals the male bird's brilliant coat than it can the tanager's or oriole's.
Bird Neighbors | Neltje BlanchanAt the time I did not notice the singularity of his remark, my attention being absorbed in contemplating the unfortunate tanager.
The Moon Metal | Garrett P. ServissThis rarely beautiful tanager, thanks to them, is now only an infrequent flash of beauty in our country roads.
Bird Neighbors | Neltje Blanchan
British Dictionary definitions for tanager
/ (ˈtænədʒə) /
any American songbird of the family Thraupidae, having a short thick bill and a brilliantly coloured male plumage
Origin of tanager
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