| 单词 | roller canary |
| 释义 | > as lemmasroller canary 3. In full roller canary. A variety of canary noted for rolling or trilling in song. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Fringillidae (finch) > [noun] > subfamily Carduelinae > genus Serinus > serinus canaria (canary) > of particular kind or colour runt1675 jonquil1865 lizard canary1865 macaroni1876 roller1884 Yorkshire1898 1884 R. L. Wallace Canary Bk. (ed. 2) xvii. 259 The most valued of all [German canaries] are the variety known by the name of the Hartz Mountain Rollers. 1906 Daily Chron. 20 Oct. 6/7 There are..in all, some twenty known trills or ‘tours’ in the song of a really accomplished roller canary. 1950 Press Herald (Portland, Maine) 11 June 8/8 Mrs Christopher began..by mating a female roller canary with a male black hooded red Venezuelan siskin, a smaller red-breasted finch. 2006 Cage & Aviary Birds 1 June 6/4 I have recently purchased some roller canaries..and was wondering if anyone in Scotland who keeps rollers would be interested in forming a roller club? < as lemmas |
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