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tanagers

tanagers is the plural of tanager.

Meaning of tanager

Noun

tanager (plural tanagers)

  1. Any of numerous species of often colorful passerine birds that inhabit New World forests within the family Thraupidae.
    • Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like...1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “Afterglow”, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, page 168

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Questions about tanagers

What is tanagers the plural of?
Tanagers is the plural of tanager.

Words near tanagers in the dictionary

  1. tanadar
  2. tanadars
  3. Tanag
  4. Tanagan
  5. tanager
  6. tanagers
  7. Tanagra
  8. Tanagraean
  9. Tanagraeans
  10. Tanagras
  11. Tanagrean

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