Found 2 items, similar to scarlet tanager.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: scarlet tanager
scarlet tanager
n : the male is bright red with black wings and tail [syn:
Piranga olivacea
,
redbird,
firebird]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Scarlet tanager
Scarlet
\Scar"let\, a.
Of the color called scarlet; as, a scarlet cloth or thread.
[1913 Webster]
Scarlet admiral (Zo["o]l.), the red admiral. See under
Red. -- Scarlet bean (Bot.), a kind of bean (
Phaseolus multiflorus
) having scarlet flowers; scarlet runner.
Scarlet fever (Med.), a contagious febrile disease
characterized by inflammation of the fauces and a scarlet
rash, appearing usually on the second day, and ending in
desquamation about the sixth or seventh day.
Scarlet fish (Zo["o]l.), the telescope fish; -- so called
from its red color. See under
Telescope.
Scarlet ibis (Zo["o]l.) See under
Ibis.
Scarlet maple (Bot.), the red maple. See
Maple.
Scarlet mite (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
bright red carnivorous mites found among grass and moss,
especially
Thombidium holosericeum and allied species.
The young are parasitic upon spiders and insects.
Scarlet oak (Bot.), a species of oak (
Quercus coccinea)
of the United States; -- so called from the scarlet color
of its leaves in autumn.
Scarlet runner (Bot.), the scarlet bean.
Scarlet tanager. (Zo["o]l.) See under
Tanager.
[1913 Webster]