Canary (a.) Of or pertaining to the Canary Islands |
Canary (a.) Of a pale yellowish color |
Canary (n.) Wine made in the Canary Islands |
Canary (n.) A canary bird. |
Canary (n.) A pale yellow color, like that of a canary bird. |
Canary (n.) A quick and lively dance. |
Canary (v. i.) To perform the canary dance |
Canary bird () A small singing bird of the Finch family (Serinus Canarius), a native of the Canary Islands. It was brought to Europe in the 16th century, and made a household pet. It generally has a yellowish body with the wings and tail greenish, but in its wild state it is more frequently of gray or brown color. It is sometimes called canary finch. |
Sea canary () The beluga, or white whale. |
canary / canary bird any of several small Old World finches |
common canary / Serinus canaria native to the Canary Islands and Azores, popular usually yellow cage bird noted for its song |
canary yellow / canary a moderate yellow with a greenish tinge |
canary seed a mixture of seeds used to feed caged birds |
Canary wine a sweet white wine from the Canary Islands |
Canary Islands / Canaries a group of mountainous islands in the Atlantic off the northwest coast of Africa forming Spanish provinces |
canary a female singer |
fink / snitch / snitcher / stoolpigeon / stool pigeon / stoolie / sneak / sneaker / canary someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police |
tulip tree / tulip poplar / yellow poplar / canary whitewood / Liriodendron tulipifera tall North American deciduous timber tree having large tulip-shaped greenish yellow flowers and conelike fruit, yields soft white woods used especially for cabinet work |
reed canary grass / gardener's garters / lady's laces / ribbon grass / Phalaris arundinacea perennial grass of marshy meadows and ditches having broad leaves, Europe and North America |