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cagebirds
n. (plural of cagebird English)
Usage examples of "cagebirds".
She knew the cagebirds had no such abilities - she had once or twice tried to communicate with them - in fact, "the mind of a cage-bird" was a byword for a stupid woman!
And the sentry-birds, who looked so fierce, were gentle and loving as cagebirds, when she had gotten to know them.
As those who fight forest-fire keep cagebirds to tell when the poison gases and smoke are growing too dangerous for living things—because the cagebird will die of the poisons before men are aware of them—so the Ridenow served to warn Comyn less sensitive than they of the presence of forces no man could tolerate.