canary bird

2 definitions found

canary bird - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Canary bird \Ca*na"ry bird`\ (Zool.)
     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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Canary bird flower (Bot.), a climbing plant (Trop[ae]olum  peregrinum
        ) with canary-colored flowers of peculiar form;
        -- called also canary vine.
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canary bird - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  canary bird
      n 1: any of several small Old World finches [syn: canary,
           canary bird]