|  canary 
  
 
 1. someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police
 • Syn:
 fink, snitch, snitcher, stoolpigeon, stool pigeon,
 stoolie, sneak, sneaker
 • Derivationally related forms:
 snitch (for: snitcher), snitch (for: snitch), fink (for: fink)
 • Hypernyms:
 informer, betrayer, rat, squealer, blabber
 2. a female singer
 • Usage Domain:
 colloquialism
 • Hypernyms:
 singer, vocalist, vocalizer, vocaliser
 3. a moderate yellow with a greenish tinge
 • Syn:
 canary yellow
 • Hypernyms:
 yellow, yellowness
 4. any of several small Old World finches
 • Syn:
 canary bird
 • Hypernyms:
 finch
 • Hyponyms:
 common canary, Serinus canaria
 • Member Holonyms:
 Serinus, genus Serinus
 
 having the color of a canary;
 of a light to moderate yellow
 • Syn:
 canary-yellow
 • Similar to:
 chromatic
 
 
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