tanager
nounUK /ˈtæ.nə.d͡ʒə/ · US /ˈtæ.nə.d͡ʒəɹ/
Etymology From translingual Tanagra, from Portuguese tangará, from Old Tupi tangará.
1
Any of numerous species of often colorful passerine birds that inhabit New World forests within the family Thraupidae.
- 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.1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “Afterglow”, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, page 168:
- 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.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, →ISSN:
- Derived terms
- ant tanager, beryl-spangled tanager, chat-tanager, dusky bush tanager, fulvous-headed tanager, hepatic tanager, Hispaniolan tanager, Louisiana tanager, magpie tanager, masked crimson tanager, mitrospingid tanager, Puerto Rican tanager, red tanager, scarlet-browed tanager, scarlet tanager, shrike-tanager, summer tanager, swallow tanager, tanagrine, thrush-tanager, true tanager, western tanager