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tanager (n.)

small American oscine bird, 1844, earlier tanagra (1610s), from Modern Latin tanagra, alteration of Portuguese tangara, from Tupi (Brazil) tangara, a bird name of uncertain meaning.

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Definitions of tanager from WordNet

tanager (n.)
any of numerous New World woodland birds having brightly colored males;
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