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/kəˈne(ə)rē/,
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canaries, plural;
  1. A mainly African finch with a melodious song, typically having yellowish-green plumage. One kind is popular as a pet bird and has been bred in a variety of colors, esp. bright yellow

  2. A bright yellow color resembling the plumage of a canary

  3. A sweet wine from the Canary Islands, similar to Madeira


  1. Canary Islands: a group of mountainous islands in the Atlantic off the northwest coast of Africa forming Spanish provinces
  2. (canary) having the color of a canary; of a light to moderate yellow
  3. (canary) fink: someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police
  4. (canary) a female singer
  5. (canary) any of several small Old World finches
  6. The Canary (Serinus canaria), also called the Island Canary, Atlantic Canary or Common Canary, is a small passerine bird belonging to the genus Serinus in the finch family, Fringillidae. It is native to the Canary Islands, the Azores, and Madeira. ...
  7. (Canary (anime)) is the first eroge game made by Front Wing, and has also been adapted into an anime OVA. The game was re-released for the Dreamcast and PlayStation 2.
  8. (Canary (film)) Canary is an American independent film directed by Alejandro Adams and produced by Adams with Marya Murphy. Shot in a style similar to Dogme 95, Canary is an intentionally genre-ambiguous science fiction, thriller and drama with comic elements.
  9. (The Canary (short story)) "The Canary" is a 1923 short story by Katherine Mansfield. It was first published in The Nation & the Anthenaeum on 21 April 1923, and later appeared in The Dove's Nest and Other Stories.
  10. (Canary) A term used to a fancy yellow colored diamond.
  11. (Canary (Adj)) Used to discribe a player that is the breaking point for the DM or player completely losing it during the game.
  12. (Canary) (n.): girl vocalist.
  13. (Canary) A dream of having a canary at home translates into a happy and comfortable life full of exquisite refinement, wealth and satisfying friendships.
  14. (Canary) Iron rod 6 feet long with a hook on one end and a handle on the other. Used to pull cable or chain under bundles of pulpwood or logs for binding or hookup (8).
  15. (Canary) Yellow sticker which is placed on the windscreen of a defective vehicle.
  16. (canary) kanarî (balindeyeke)
  17. a canary that becomes part of Homer's art.
  18. (hist.) convicts, partly because they were in essence encaged, if not actually behind bars, but also because their uniforms, when they had them, were yellow.
  19. A canary diamond is yellow in color due to the fact it is saturated with nitrogen. The four main categories of canaries are light fancy, fancy, intense fancy and vivid.