tanagern.

Brit.

/ˈtanədʒə/, U.S.

/ˈtænədʒər/

Forms: Also 1600s– tangara.

Etymology: < modern Latin Tanagra (Linnæus 1758), for Tupi tangara (used by Brisson 1760).

Ornithology.

A bird of the genus Tanagra or family Tanagridæ of passerine birds, of Central and South America. 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.

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1614 S. Purchas Pilgrimage ix. iv. 843 The Tangara which haue the falling-sicknes, the rest dancing about that which is fallen, with a noise, from which they will not be skarred till they haue done.

1648 G. Marggraf Historiae Rerum Naturalium Brasiliae 214 Tangara Brasiliensibus; (reperiuntur ejus aliquot species colore variantes).]

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 243/1 The Brasilian Tangara [hath] Legs and Feet cinereous, inclining to dusky.

1825 C. Waterton Wanderings in S. Amer. (1882) 26 A numerous species of bird called Tangara.

1844 Zoologist 2 444 The occurrence of the Red-breasted Tanager near Cheltenham.

1857 M. Reid War Trail xlv The sweet warbling voices of the silvias, finches, tanagers, that..adorn the American woods with their gorgeous colours.

1862 R. W. Emerson in H. D. Thoreau Excursions (1863) 31 The tanager flies through the green foliage as if it would ignite the leaves.

1893 W. H. Hudson Idle Days Patagonia x. 156 It is impossible to say of many species which are finches and which tanagers.

1896 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. IV 943 Tanager..adapted from the quasi-Latin Tanagra of Linnæus,..an adaptation, perhaps with a classical allusion, of Tangara, used by Brisson and Buffon.

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ˈtanagrine adj. of or pertaining to tanagers; belonging to the family Tanagridæ, or subfamily Tanagrinæ ( Encycl. Dict. 1887).

ˈtanagroid adj. (also tangaroid) resembling the tanagers; akin in structure to the tanager family.

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1879 E. P. Wright Animal Life 254 The Tangaroid Perchers.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	tanager
释义	tanagern. Brit. /ˈtanədʒə/, U.S. /ˈtænədʒər/ Forms: Also 1600s– tangara. Etymology: < modern Latin Tanagra (Linnæus 1758), for Tupi tangara (used by Brisson 1760). Ornithology. A bird of the genus Tanagra or family Tanagridæ of passerine birds, of Central and South America. 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. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > [noun] > family Emberizidae > subfamily Thraupinae (tanager) tanager1614 1614 S. Purchas Pilgrimage ix. iv. 843 The Tangara which haue the falling-sicknes, the rest dancing about that which is fallen, with a noise, from which they will not be skarred till they haue done. 1648 G. Marggraf Historiae Rerum Naturalium Brasiliae 214 Tangara Brasiliensibus; (reperiuntur ejus aliquot species colore variantes).] 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 243/1 The Brasilian Tangara [hath] Legs and Feet cinereous, inclining to dusky. 1825 C. Waterton Wanderings in S. Amer. (1882) 26 A numerous species of bird called Tangara. 1844 Zoologist 2 444 The occurrence of the Red-breasted Tanager near Cheltenham. 1857 M. Reid War Trail xlv The sweet warbling voices of the silvias, finches, tanagers, that..adorn the American woods with their gorgeous colours. 1862 R. W. Emerson in H. D. Thoreau Excursions (1863) 31 The tanager flies through the green foliage as if it would ignite the leaves. 1893 W. H. Hudson Idle Days Patagonia x. 156 It is impossible to say of many species which are finches and which tanagers. 1896 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. IV 943 Tanager..adapted from the quasi-Latin Tanagra of Linnæus,..an adaptation, perhaps with a classical allusion, of Tangara, used by Brisson and Buffon. Derivatives Categories » ˈtanagrine adj. of or pertaining to tanagers; belonging to the family Tanagridæ, or subfamily Tanagrinæ ( Encycl. Dict. 1887). ˈtanagroid adj. (also tangaroid) resembling the tanagers; akin in structure to the tanager family. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > [adjective] > resembling the tanagers tanagroid1879 1879 E. P. Wright Animal Life 254 The Tangaroid Perchers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1614
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