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tanagermore about tanager

tanager


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tanager  \Tan"a*ger\,  n.  [NL.  tanagra  probably  fr  Brazilian 
  tangara.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  Any  one  of  numerous  species  of  bright-colored  singing  birds 
  belonging  to  {Tanagra},  {Piranga},  and  allied  genera.  The 
  scarlet  tanager  ({Piranga  erythromelas})  and  the  summer 
  redbird  ({Piranga  rubra})  are  common  species  of  the  United 
  States. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tanager 
  n  :  any  of  numerous  New  World  woodland  birds  having  brightly 
  colored  males 




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