·noun 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.
TANAGER or TANAGRUS(Tanagro), a river of Lucania, a tributary of the Silarus. It rises in the mounta...
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography
Tănăger, gri, m., a small river in Lucania , now Negro or Tangro , Verg. G. 3, 151. ...
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