Aberdevine
noun
a former name for the siskin, when kept as a cagebird
historical examples
aberdevine, ab-ėr-de-vīn′, n. a bird-fancier’s name for the siskin.
chambers’s twentieth century dictionary (part 1 of 4: a-d) various
it has a pleasing note, and is sold as a singing-bird in the london bird-shops by the name of the aberdevine.
the peac-ck ‘at home’ and the b-tterfly’s ball and the fancy fair catherine ann dorset
it has a pleasing note, and is sold as a singing bird in the london bird-shops by the name of the aberdevine.
the peac-ck ‘at home:’ catherine ann dorset
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