tanager : Idioms & Phrases
hepatic tanager
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noun common tanager of southwestern United States and Mexico
Piranga flava hepatica.
WordNet
Scarlet tanager
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noun the male is bright red with black wings and tail
Piranga olivacea; redbird; firebird.
WordNet
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(Zoöl.) See underTanager .
Webster 1913
Summer tanager
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noun of middle and southern United States; male is deep rose-red the female mostly yellow
summer redbird; Piranga rubra.
WordNet
(Zoöl.) , a singing bird (Piranga rubra ) native of the Middle and Southern United States. The male is deep red, the female is yellowish olive above and yellow beneath. Called alsosummer redbird .
Webster 1913
western tanager
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noun of western North America; male is black and yellow and orange-red
Piranga ludoviciana.