summer tanager

[ suhm-er tan-uh-jer ]

/ ˈsʌm ər ˈtæn ə dʒər /

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noun

an American songbird, Piranga rubra, the male of which is bright red: recently classified as a member of the cardinal family rather than the tanager family, the summer tanager breeds in the southern and central United States and migrates as far south as northern South America.

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Origin of summer tanager

An Americanism dating back to 1775–85

Words nearby summer tanager

summer solstice, summer sores, summer squash, summer stock, summer-sweet, summer tanager, summer theater, summertime, summertree, summerweight, summerwood

How to use summer tanager in a sentence

I actually downloaded the app last summer and was embarrassed because none of my friends seemed to use it.
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Pitchfork called him a “a rap-obsessed misfit from a summer camp who freestyles poorly” who is “ridiculous without knowing it.”
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Last summer, I spoke with first black supermodel Beverly Johnson about this for The Root.
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Last summer, Louisiana also banned non-legal adoption, with offenders facing a penalty of $5,000 and up to five years in prison.
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Miller traces his irreverent and subversive streak to a psychedelic experience during the particularly sweltering summer of 1991.
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Edna did not reveal so much as all this to Madame Ratignolle that summer day when they sat with faces turned to the sea.
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And this summer it seemed to her that she never would be able to take proper care of her nestful of children.
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The year before they had spent part of the summer with their grandmother Pontellier in Iberville.
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Of course, most specimens are probably taken up in the summer when the handsome foliage attracts the eye.
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In a general way the fronds are best collected during the summer and autumn, when they will, of course, be well developed.
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