canary

Noun
  1. Someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police (synset 110110781)
    hypernym: betrayer, blabber, informer, rat, squealer - one who reveals confidential information in return for money
    synonym: fink, sneak, sneaker, snitch, snitcher, stool pigeon, stoolie, stoolpigeon
  2. A female singer (synset 109910114)
    domain usage: colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
    hypernym: singer, vocaliser, vocalist, vocalizer - a person who sings
  3. A moderate yellow with a greenish tinge (synset 104973291)
    hypernym: yellow, yellowness - yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons
    synonym: canary yellow
  4. Any of several small Old World finches (synset 101535980)
    hypernym: finch - any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds
    hyponym: common canary, serinus canaria - native to the Canary Islands and Azores; popular usually yellow cage bird noted for its song
    member meronym: genus serinus, serinus - Old World finches; e.g. canaries and serins
    synonym: canary bird
Adjective
  1. Having the color of a canary;
    Of a light to moderate yellow (synset 300373715)
    similar: chromatic - being or having or characterized by hue
    synonym: canary-yellow

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