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canary bird

DEFINITIONS OF: canary bird

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n any of several small Old World finches

Synonyms:
canary
Types:
Serinus canaria, common canary
native to the Canary Islands and Azores; popular usually yellow cage bird noted for its song
Type of:
finch
any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds
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