TANAGRINE Definition & Meaning

tanagrine

[ tan-uh-grin ]

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adjective

of or relating to the tanagers; belonging to the tanager family.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of tanagrine¹

1885–90; < New Latin tanagr ( a ) tanager + -ine ¹

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Tanager, tan′ā-jėr, n. any tanagrine bird, a member of the Tanagrid�, a family of the Passeriformes or perching birds, closely allied to the finches.—n.

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But they carry them in the same easy graceful manner as erstwhile the discarded pottery, and without losing in the least the gracious tanagrine outline.

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