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noun
Any of numerous species of often colorful passerine birds that inhabit New World forests within the family Thraupidae.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bird, animal, creature
noun
any of numerous New World woodland birds having brightly colored males
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: oscine, oscine bird
Narrower terms: scarlet tanager, Piranga olivacea, redbird, firebird, western tanager, Piranga ludoviciana, summer tanager, summer redbird, Piranga rubra, hepatic tanager, Piranga flava hepatica
History
From translingual Tanagra, from Portuguese tangará, from Old Tupi tangará.
Across languages
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
