scarlet-tanager

scarlet tanager

noun
an American tanager, Piranga olivacea, the male of which is bright red with black wings and tail during the breeding season.
Origin:
1800–10, Americanism

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scarlet tanager
 
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an E North American tanager, Piranga olivacea, the male of which has a bright red head and body with black wings and tail

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