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canary
3 ENTRIES FOUND:
canary
(noun)
Canary Islands
(proper noun)
cat
(noun)
canary
/kə
ˈ
neri/
noun
plural
canaries
canary
/kə
ˈ
neri/
noun
plural
canaries
Britannica Dictionary definition of CANARY
[
count
]
:
a small usually yellow or green tropical bird that is often kept in a cage
like the cat that ate the canary
—
see
cat
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