canary seed

noun

1. birdseed.

canary seed

noun

1. another name for birdseed

Word History and Origins

Origin of canary seed¹

First recorded in 1590–1600

Example Sentences

Miss Laura cleaned each cage, and gave each bird some mixed rape and canary seed.

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The staple food should be canary seed mixed with rape, and there must always be a piece of cuttle-fish fastened in the cage.

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The weaver-birds of Africa are mostly quite hardy and very easily kept, their food consisting, for the most part, of canary-seed.

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The love-birds feed almost entirely on millet or canary seed, and they like a sod of grass in their cage.

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Wax-bills eat millet-seed, canary seed, and a little soaked bread and sponge-cake.

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