canary-bird

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

CANARY-BIRD, noun A singing bird from the Canary isles, a species of Fringilla. The bill is conical and straight; the body is yellowish white; the prime feathers of the wings and tail are greenish. These birds are now bred in other countries.
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