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TANAGER

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any of numerous New World woodland birds having brightly colored males

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("tanager" is a kind of...):

oscine; oscine bird (passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tanager"):

firebird; Piranga olivacea; redbird; scarlet tanager (the male is bright red with black wings and tail)

Piranga ludoviciana; western tanager (of western North America; male is black and yellow and orange-red)

Piranga rubra; summer redbird; summer tanager (of middle and southern United States; male is deep rose-red the female mostly yellow)

hepatic tanager; Piranga flava hepatica (common tanager of southwestern United States and Mexico)

Holonyms ("tanager" is a member of...):

family Thraupidae; Thraupidae (tanagers)

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