| 单词 | red tanager |
| 释义 | > as lemmasred tanager red tanager n. (frequently with distinguishing word) any of several tanagers of the genus Piranga with predominantly red plumage; esp. the scarlet tanager ( P. olivacea) or the summer tanager ( P. rubra). ΚΠ 1783 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds II. 217 Red T[anager]. Tanagra Rubra... Inhabits Canada. 1878 Marion (Ohio) Daily Star 5 Nov. 3/1 New chatelaine fans have bird handles, a small red tanager or an oriole being mounted on the hollow stem. 1930 Auk 47 226 (title) A study of the Tooth-billed Red Tanager (Piranga flava) of Brazil. 1962 Fresno (Calif.) Bee 1 July 4 b/7 Not our gold and white western tanager but the trans Mississippi red tanager. red tanager There are numerous species, named from their colour, as black-headed tanager, green-headed tanager; red tanager, scarlet tanager, spotted tanager, variegated tanager, yellow tanager; from other characteristics, as crested tanager, grand hooded tanager, silent tanager; from their native locality, as Brazilian tanager, Mississippi tanager; from resemblance to other birds, as bullfinch tanager, oriole tanager; from their discoverer, as Cooper's tanager, etc.extracted from tanagern.< as lemmas |
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