Definition of Canary. Meaning of Canary. Synonyms of Canary

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Definition of Canary

Canary
Canary Ca*na"ry, n.; pl. Canaries. 1. Wine made in the Canary Islands; sack. ``A cup of canary.' --Shak. 2. A canary bird. 3. A pale yellow color, like that of a canary bird. 4. A quick and lively dance. [Obs.] Make you dance canary With sprightly fire and motion. --Shak.
Canary
Canary Ca*na"ry, a. [F. Canarie, L. Canaria insula one of the Canary islands, said to be so called from its large dogs, fr. canis dog.] 1. Of or pertaining to the Canary Islands; as, canary wine; canary birds. 2. Of a pale yellowish color; as, Canary stone. Canary grass, a grass of the genus Phalaris (P. Canariensis), producing the seed used as food for canary birds. Canary stone (Min.), a yellow species of carnelian, named from its resemblance in color to the plumage of the canary bird. Canary wood, the beautiful wood of the trees Persea Indica and P. Canariensis, natives of Madeira and the Canary Islands. Canary vine. See Canary bird flower, under Canary bird.

Meaning of Canary from wikipedia

- to: Canaries, birds in the genera Serinus and Crithagra including, among others: Atlantic canary (Serinus canaria), a small wild bird Domestic canary, Serinus...
- The Canary Islands (/kəˈnɛəri/; Spanish: Islas Canarias, pronounced [ˈislas kaˈnaɾjas]), also known informally as the Canaries, is a Spanish archipelago...
- The Black Canary is the name of two superheroines appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics: Dinah Drake and Dinah Laurel Lance along with...
- Canaries may refer to: Canary Islands, an archipelago in the Atlantic belonging to Spain Canaries, Saint Lucia, a village on the Caribbean island of Saint...
- The domestic canary, often simply known as the canary (Serinus canaria forma domestica), is a domesticated form of the wild canary, a small songbird in...
- Canary Islanders, or Canarians (Spanish: canarios), are a Romance people and subgroup of the Spaniards. They are indigenous to the Canary Islands, an...
- A warrant canary is a method by which a communications service provider aims to inform its users that the provider has been served with a government subpoena...
- Canary Wharf is the secondary central business district of London on the Isle of Dogs. Along with the City of London, it is one of the main financial centres...
- The Atlantic canary (Serinus canaria), known worldwide simply as the wild canary and also called the island canary, common canary, or canary, is a small...
- A canary trap is a method for exposing an information leak by giving different versions of a sensitive do****ent to each of several suspects and seeing...
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