tanager : Idioms & Phrases


hepatic tanager

  • noun common tanager of southwestern United States and Mexico
    Piranga flava hepatica.
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Scarlet tanager

  • noun the male is bright red with black wings and tail
    Piranga olivacea; redbird; firebird.
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  • . (Zoöl.) See under Tanager.
Webster 1913

Summer tanager

  • noun of middle and southern United States; male is deep rose-red the female mostly yellow
    summer redbird; Piranga rubra.
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  • (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 also summer redbird.
Webster 1913

western tanager

  • noun of western North America; male is black and yellow and orange-red
    Piranga ludoviciana.
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