canary bird

canary bird
noun
any of several small Old World finches
Syn: ↑canary
Hypernyms: ↑finch
Hyponyms: ↑common canary, ↑Serinus canaria
Member Holonyms: ↑Serinus, ↑genus Serinus

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I. noun
see canary I, 3
II. noun
see canary I, 7

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