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单词 aberdevine
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  • It has a pleasing note, and is sold as a singing bird in the London bird-shops by the name of the Aberdevine.

    The Peacock 'At Home:'|Catherine Ann Dorset
  • 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 Peacock 'At Home' AND The Butterfly's Ball AND The Fancy Fair|Catherine Ann Dorset

aberdevine

/ (ˌæbədɪˈviːn) /

noun

a former name for the siskin, when kept as a cagebird

Word Origin for aberdevine

C18: of unknown origin

Words nearby aberdevine

Aberdeen, Aberdeen Angus, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Aberdeenshire, Aberdeen terrier, aberdevine, Aberdonian, Aberfan, Abernathy, abernethy, aberrant
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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