Definition of Canary bird

1. Noun. Any of several small Old World finches.

Exact synonyms: Canary
Generic synonyms: Finch
Group relationships: Genus Serinus, Serinus
Specialized synonyms: Common Canary, Serinus Canaria

Lexicographical Neighbors of Canary Bird

canallers
canalling
canals
canals for lesser palatine nerves
canals of Scarpa
canals of Schlemm
canalside
canape
canapes
canaphite
canard
canards
canaried
canary
canary-yellow
canary bird (current term)
canary creeper
canary in a coal mine
canary seed
canary whitewood
canary yellow
canarybird flower
canarybird vine
canarying
canarylike
canarypox
canarypox virus
canasite
canasta

Literary usage of Canary bird

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

1. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication by Charles Darwin (1899)
"DUCK—GOOSE—PEACOCK—TURKEY—GUINEA-FOWI,—CANARY- BIRD—GOLD-FISH— ... CANARY-BIRD. GOLD-FISH, HIVE-UREA. SILK-MOTHS, SPECIES AND BREEDS OF—ANCIENTLY ..."

2. The New-York magazine; or, Literary repository (1792)
"But when the female Goldfinch is put to a male canary bird, the pairing takes ... To fuc- ceed, a male canary bird is never to b? put into a cage where ..."

3. A History of the Earth, and Animated Natureby Oliver Goldsmith, Washington Irving by Oliver Goldsmith, Washington Irving (1854)
"It is this that has rendered the Canary-bird, next to the nightingale, ... In choosing the Canary-bird, those are best that appear with life and boldness, ..."

4. The Looking-glass for the Mind; Or, Intellectual Mirror;: Being an Elegant by Berquin (Arnaud), M. Berquin, John Bewick (1796)
"... NANCY AND HER canary bird, POOR CHERRY. AS Nancy was one day looking out of her window, a man happened to come by, crying, -" Canary-birds; ..."

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