noun
- A group of mountainous islands in the Atlantic off the northwest coast of Africa forming Spanish provinces.
- synonyms: Canary Islands
- Someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police.
- synonyms: fink, snitch, snitcher, stoolpigeon, stool pigeon, stoolie, sneak, sneaker, canary
- A female singer.
- synonyms: canary
- A moderate yellow with a greenish tinge.
- synonyms: canary yellow, canary
- Any of several small Old World finches.
- synonyms: canary, canary bird
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