tanager

From translingual Tanagra, from Portuguese tangara, from Old Tupi tangara.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈtænəd͡ʒə(ɹ)/

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tanager (plural tanagers)

2. Any of numerous species of often colorful passerine birds that inhabit New World forests within the family Thraupidae.

   Hypernyms: bird < animal < creature

   Hyponyms: beryl-spangled tanager, dusky bush tanager, fulvous-headed tanager, magpie tanager, red tanager, scarlet tanager, scarlet-browed tanager, summer tanager, swallow tanager, tanagrine, ant tanager, chat-tanager, hepatic tanager, masked crimson tanager, shrike-tanager, Louisiana tanager, western tanager, thrush-tanager

   • 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “Afterglow”, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, page 168:

     Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.

   • 2023 June 19, Morgan Jerkins, quoting Christian Cooper, “‘She doesn’t have the power’: Central Park birdwatcher Christian Cooper on why racist ‘incident’ won’t define him”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     I’m remembering that time when there was a mourning warbler on that chip path 15 years ago and I remember the scarlet tanagers last week. That’s what I think about when I’m in the park.

• granate, tangare