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jonque en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A canary that is of a single color with no dark feathers.
   • I know not, indeed, if the artist could give the beautiful orange which distinguish ^([sic]) the jonque, or the mellowness of tint that pervades the mealy. 1800, The New and Complete Canary-bird Fancier, page 8:
   • Pied birds are produced by matching a green jonque with a clean jonque, or a mealy hen. 1875, The Bird-Keeper's Guide and Companion, page 19:
   • Canary-birds, however, are not likely to become extinct; […] each flock is said to have its own peculiar song, but we must not think the "jonques," so popular among us, form the majority in a flock. 1865, All the Year Round, volumes 13-14, page 85:

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mealy