Canary-seed
birdseed.
Historical Examples
The Path of Life Stijn Streuvels
The Illustrated London Reading Book Various
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 Various
The Young Emigrants; Madelaine Tube; The Boy and the Book; and Crystal Palace Susan Anne Livingston Ridley Sedgwick
The Natural History of Cage Birds J. M. Bechstein
Harper’s Young People, January 27, 1880 Various
noun
another name for birdseed
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