COMMON CANARY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does common canary mean? 

• COMMON CANARY (noun)
  The noun COMMON CANARY has 1 sense:

1. native to the Canary Islands and Azores; popular usually yellow cage bird noted for its song

  Familiarity information: COMMON CANARY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMMON CANARY (noun)

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Meaning:

Native to the Canary Islands and Azores; popular usually yellow cage bird noted for its song

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

common canary; Serinus canaria

Hypernyms ("common canary" is a kind of...):

canary; canary bird (any of several small Old World finches)