tanager
pronunciation
How to pronounce tanager in British English: UK ['tænədʒə]
How to pronounce tanager in American English: US ['tænədʒə]
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- Noun:
- any of numerous New World woodland birds having brightly colored males
Word Origin
- tanager (n.)
- small American oscine bird, 1844, earlier tanagra (1610s), from Modern Latin tanagra, alteration of Portuguese tangara, from Tupi (Brazil) tangara, a bird name of uncertain meaning.
Example
- 1. Common tanager of southwestern united states and mexico .
- 2. Virtually every day I 'll hear a western tanager .