tanager
/ˈtænədʒə(r)/noun
1- a small American songbird of the bunting family, the male of which typically has brightly coloured plumage裸鼻雀。
1.1
- Family Emberizidae (subfamily Thraupinae): many genera, in particular Tangara, and numerous species.鹀科(裸鼻雀亚科):多属, 尤指唐加拉雀属, 众多种。
词源
early 17th cent. (originally as tangara): from Tupi tangará, later refashioned on the pattern of the modern Latin genus name Tanagra.