aberdavine

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæb.ə.dəˌvaɪn/, /ˈæb.ɚ.dəˌvaɪn/

Noun

aberdavine (plural aberdavines)

1. Alternative form of aberdevine.
   • 1770, Gilbert White, edited by Edward Jesse, The Natural History Of Selborne, London: George Bell & Sons, published 1898, page 130:

     Dear Sir,—The birds that I took for aberdavines were reed-sparrows (passeres torquati).

   • 1773, Daines Barrington, “Experiments and Observations on the Singing of Birds”, in Philosophical Transactions, volume 63, London: Royal Society, →ISSN, page 254:

     This bird seems not to have been described by any of the ornithologists; it is of the finch tribe, and about the same size with our aberdavine (or siskin).