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Canary

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Noun

1. canary, fink, sneak, sneaker, snitch, snitcher, stool pigeon, stoolie, stoolpigeon

someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police

2. canary

a female singer

3. canary, canary yellow

a moderate yellow with a greenish tinge

4. canary, canary bird

any of several small Old World finches

Adjective

5. canary, canary-yellow

having the color of a canary; of a light to moderate yellow

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Canary

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noun plural -naries
1. 
a small finch, Serinus canaria, of the Canary Islands and Azores: a popular cagebird noted for its singing. Wild canaries are streaked yellow and brown, but most domestic breeds are pure yellow
2.  canary yellow
3. Australian history
a convict
4. archaic
a sweet wine from the Canary Islands similar to Madeira

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Canary

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nounWord forms: plural caˈnaries
1. 
a small, yellow finch (Serinus canaria) native to the Canary Islands, Madeira, and the Azores
2. 
canary yellow
3. 
a fortified wine similar to Madeira, made in the Canary Islands
4. 
a lively 16th-cent. Spanish or French court dance
5.  Slang
a squealer; informer

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Canary

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n. pl. ca·nar·ies
1. A small finch (Serinus canaria) native to the Canary Islands that is greenish to yellow and has long been bred as a cage bird.
2. Slang
a. A woman singer.
b. An informer; a stool pigeon.
3. A sweet white wine from the Canary Islands, similar to Madeira.
4. A light to moderate or vivid yellow.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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