canary

1. (countable, uncountable)A small, usually yellow, finch (genus Serinus), a songbird native to the Canary Islands.

2. (countable, uncountable)Any of various small birds of different countries, most of which are largely yellow in colour.

3. (countable, informal, uncountable)A female singer, soprano, a coloratura singer.

   a female singer

4. (countable, slang, uncountable)An informer or snitch; a squealer.

   someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police

5. (countable, uncountable)A light, slightly greenish, yellow colour.

   Kanariengelb

   a moderate yellow with a greenish tinge

6. (countable, slang, uncountable)A (usually yellow) capsule of the short-acting barbiturate pentobarbital/pentobarbitone (nembutal).

7. (Australia, countable, informal, uncountable)A yellow sticker applied by the police to a vehicle to indicate it is unroadworthy.

8. (countable, uncountable)Any test subject, especially an inadvertent or unwilling one. (From the mining practice of using canaries to detect dangerous gases.)

9. (countable, uncountable)A value placed in memory such that it will be the first data corrupted by a buffer overflow, allowing the program to identify and recover from it.

10. (countable, uncountable)A change that is tested by being rolled out first to a subset of machines or users before rolling out to all.

11. (countable, uncountable)A light, sweet, white wine from the Canary Islands.

    Kanarienvogel

    канаре́йкаkanaréjka

12. (countable, uncountable)A lively dance, possibly of Spanish origin (also called canaries).

1. My canary was killed by a cat.

   Мою канарейку вбив кіт.

   ruМою канарейку убила кошка.

   deMein Kanarienvogel wurde von einer Katze getötet.

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2. We have a dog, a cat and three canaries.

   У нас є собака, кіт і три канарейки.

   ruУ нас есть собака, кот и три канарейки.

   deWir haben einen Hund, eine Katze und drei Kanarienvögel.

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3. The birds in the cage are canaries.

   ruПтицы в клетке — канарейки.

   deDie Vögel im Käfig sind Kanarienvögel.

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4. Canaries are small birds and people sometimes keep them as a pets.

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5. A canary is a small bird, and people sometimes keep it as a pet.

   Канарка - маленька пташка, і люди іноді тримають її вдома.

   ruКанарейка - маленькая птичка, люди иногда держат её в качестве домашнего питомца.

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