Jonque

Quick meaning: Jonque is a noun meaning A canary that is of a single color with no dark feathers.

Meaning

A canary that is of a single color with no dark feathers.

Example Sentences

Pied birds are produced by matching a green jonque with a clean jonque, or a mealy hen.

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.

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.

Word Forms

• jonques

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include canary, mealy, snowbird, lutino, canarypox, quab.

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