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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: any of numerous New World woodland birds having brightly colored males

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: New Latin tanagra, modification of Portuguese tangará, any of various birds of the suboscine family Pipridae, from Tupi tagará, ta?gará Date: 1801 any of numerous chiefly tropical American oscine birds (family Thraupidae) that are often brightly colored and inhabit mostly woodlands — compare scarlet tanager

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. any small American bird of the subfamily Thraupinae, the male usu. having brightly-coloured plumage. Etymology: mod.L tanagra f. Tupi tangara

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Tanager Tan"a*ger, n. [NL. tanagra, probably fr. Brazilian tangara.] (Zo["o]l.) 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.