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SUMMER TANAGER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does summer tanager mean?
• SUMMER TANAGER (noun)
The noun SUMMER TANAGER has 1 sense:
1. of middle and southern United States; male is deep rose-red the female mostly yellow
Familiarity information: SUMMER TANAGER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of middle and southern United States; male is deep rose-red the female mostly yellow
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Piranga rubra; summer redbird; summer tanager
Hypernyms ("summer tanager" is a kind of...):
tanager (any of numerous New World woodland birds having brightly colored males)
Holonyms ("summer tanager" is a member of...):
genus Piranga; Piranga (a genus of Thraupidae)
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