canary-biter, noun
- Origin:
- South African Dutch
obs.
The fiscal (sense 2), Lanius collaris. Also (partial translation of) canari-byter, canary byter.
1795 C.R. Hopson tr. of C.P. Thunberg’s Trav. I. 293Fiscal and Canary-byter were the appellations given to a black and white bird (Lanius collaris)..common in the town.
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