tanager

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This tanager was a female; I can hardly imagine that the male is more brilliantly colored.

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  1. noun Any of various small New World passerine birds of the family Thraupidae, often having brightly colored plumage in the males and usually living in forests.

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  1. New Latin tanagra, alteration of Portuguese tangará, from Tupi tanagorá.

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  1. from New Latin Tanagra, q. v.
 

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/ˈtænədʒər/
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