Definition of Serinus canaria

1. Noun. Native to the Canary Islands and Azores; popular usually yellow cage bird noted for its song.

Exact synonyms: Common Canary
Generic synonyms: Canary, Canary Bird

Lexicographical Neighbors of Serinus Canaria

Sergei Rachmaninoff
Sergei Rachmaninov
Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev
Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff
Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninov
Sergent's white line
Sergey
Sergipe
Sergius
Seri
Sericocarpus
Serie A
Serie B
Seriland
Serinus
Serinus canaria (current term)
Seriola
Seriola dorsalis
Seriola grandis
Seriola zonata
Seriphidium
Seriphidium canum
Seriphidium maritimum
Seriphidium tridentatum
Seriphus
Seriphus politus
Seris
Serkin
Serkland
Sermon on the Mount

Literary usage of Serinus canaria

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Illustrated Manual of British Birds by Howard Saunders (1899)
"Examples of the subspecies Serinus canaria, peculiar to the Canaries, Madeira and the Azores, have been taken in England, and, although cages-full are known ..."

2. The World's Birds: A Simple and Popular Classification of the Birds of the World by Frank Finn (1908)
"... but they are not very free breeders in captivity as a rule, and only three species have been domesticated, all Finches— the Canary (Serinus canaria), ..."

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