Canaries in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for Canaries in the English»Spanish Dictionary (Go to Spanish»English)

Canaries [Am kəˈnɛriz, Brit kəˈnɛərɪz] N npl

canary <pl canaries> [Am kəˈnɛri, Brit kəˈnɛːri] N

I.canary yellow [kəˌneriˈjeləʊ, kəˌneəriˈjeləʊ] ADJ

II.canary yellow [kəˌneriˈjeləʊ, kəˌneəriˈjeləʊ] N U

Translations for Canaries in the Spanish»English Dictionary (Go to English»Spanish)

Canaries in the PONS Dictionary

Canaries Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to sing like a canary Brit inf
American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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Other such birds at the gardens include finches, canaries, parakeets, a white-cheeked turaco and more.
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This was also seen in male adult canaries during the period where they remodel their song.
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Well into the 20th century, coal miners brought canaries into coal mines as an early-warning signal for toxic gases, primarily carbon monoxide.
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For centuries, miners took canaries into the shafts to warn them of potential disasters.
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With the use of experienced miners, came the use of miners friends in the form of mice and later small birds, such as canaries.
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They are, he says, the canaries of the creative economy.
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Not only dogs and cats, but also pet monkeys, tortoises, otters, rabbits, squirrels and songbirds such as canaries, nightingales, goldfinches, larks, linnets, parrots, magpies and jackdaws.
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