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Canary

/kəˈnɛri/
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(noun) A small, usually yellow, finch (genus Serinus), a songbird native to the Canary Islands.

A canary is a small bird, and people sometimes keep it as a pet.
I had scarcely opened the cage when the canary flew out.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The yellow ____ sang a beautiful song in its cage this sunny morning.

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