tanager

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: tan=a=ger

CIDE DICTIONARY

tanager, n. [NL. tanagra, probably fr. Brazilian tangara.].

 Any one of numerous species of bright-colored singing birds belonging to Tanagra, Piranga, and allied genera. The scarlet tanager (Piranga erythromelas) and the summer redbird (Piranga rubra) are common species of the United States.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

tanager, n. any small American bird of the subfamily Thraupinae, the male usu. having brightly-coloured plumage.

Etymology

mod.L tanagra f. Tupi tangara