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==People== |
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* [[Canary Burton]] (born 1942), American keyboardist, composer and writer |
* [[Canary Burton]] (born 1942), American keyboardist, composer and writer |
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* [[Canary Conn]] (born 1949), American entertainer and author |
* [[Canary Conn]] (born 1949), American entertainer and author |
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* [[Bill Canary]] (fl. 1994), Republican campaign consultant in Alabama, Georgia, U.S. |
* [[Bill Canary]] (fl. 1994), Republican campaign consultant in Alabama, Georgia, U.S. |
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* [[Richard Canary]] (born in 1962), American mathematician at the University of Michigan |
* [[Richard Canary]] (born in 1962), American mathematician at the University of Michigan |
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* [[David Canary]] (1938–2015), American actor |
* [[David Canary]] (1938–2015), American actor |
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* [[Canary Wharf]], Isle of Dogs, London, United Kingdom |
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* [[Black Canary]], DC Comics superhero, first appeared in 1947 |
* [[Black Canary]], DC Comics superhero, first appeared in 1947 |
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** [[Sara Lance]]/The Canary, character on the television series ''Arrow'', based on the DC Comics character |
** [[Sara Lance]]/The Canary, character on the television series ''Arrow'', based on the DC Comics character |
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* Canary, a character in the manga and anime series [[Hunter × Hunter]] |
* Canary, a character in the manga and anime series [[Hunter × Hunter]] |
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* [[Canarinho]], Brazilian football association team's nickname |
* [[Canarinho]], Brazilian football association team's nickname |
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* Canaries, players for or supporters of [[Norwich City F.C.]] |
* Canaries, players for or supporters of [[Norwich City F.C.]] |
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* Canary, early test version of software, alluding to a [[canary in a coal mine]] |
* Canary, early test version of software, alluding to a [[canary in a coal mine]] |
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* [[Canary value]], buffer overflow protection method in computer programming |
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== See also == |
== See also == |
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* [[Canaries (disambiguation)]] |
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* [[Calamity Jane]] Cannary (1852–1903), American frontierswoman |
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* [[Conary (disambiguation)]] |
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Revision as of 01:25, 5 March 2021
Look up canary in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Canary originally referred to the island of Gran Canaria on the west coast of Africa, and the group of surrounding islands (the Canary Islands). It may also refer to:
Animals
Birds
- Canaries, birds in the genera Serinus and Crithagra including, among others:
- Atlantic canary (Serinus canaria), a small wild bird
- Domestic canary, Serinus canaria domestica, a small pet or aviary bird, also responsible for the "canary yellow" color term
- Yellow canary (Serinus flaviventris), a small bird
- Atlantic canary (Serinus canaria), a small wild bird
Fish
- Canary damsel (Similiparma lurida), fish of the family Pomacentridae, found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean
- Canary moray (Gymnothorax bacalladoi), an eel of the family Muraenidae
- Canary rockfish (Sebastes pinniger), of the family Sebastidae, found in the northeast Pacific Ocean
People
- Canary Burton (born 1942), American keyboardist, composer and writer
- Canary Conn (born 1949), American entertainer and author
- Bill Canary (fl. 1994), Republican campaign consultant in Alabama, Georgia, U.S.
- Richard Canary (born in 1962), American mathematician at the University of Michigan
- David Canary (1938–2015), American actor
Places
- Canary District, a housing development in Toronto, Canada
- Canary Islands, Spain
- Canary Wharf, Isle of Dogs, London, United Kingdom
Arts, entertainment, media and politics
- Black Canary, DC Comics superhero, first appeared in 1947
- Sara Lance/The Canary, character on the television series Arrow, based on the DC Comics character
- Canary (dance), Renaissance dance popular in Europe, 16th–17th century
- Canary Mission, American website documenting individuals espousing anti-semitic or anti-Zionist attitudes
- Canary (NCIS), 2013 episode of the American police procedural drama NCIS
- The Canary (website), news media outlet created in 2015
- "The Canary" (short story), 1923 short story by Katherine Mansfield
- Canary (visual novel), released in 2000
- Canary Club, Japanese female idol group, founded in 2007
- Canary Season, 1993 Bulgarian drama film directed by Evgeni Mihailov
- Canary, a character in the manga and anime series Hunter × Hunter
Sports
- Canarinho, Brazilian football association team's nickname
- Canaries, players for or supporters of Norwich City F.C.
Technology
- Canary, early test version of software, alluding to a canary in a coal mine
- Canary value, buffer overflow protection method in computer programming
- Google Chrome Canary, pre-release version of the Chrome browser
- HTC Canary, the first smartphone to run Windows Mobile, released in November 2002
- Canary trap, a method for exposing a sensitive information leak
Other uses
- Canary, LLC, an oilfield services company
- Canary melon, a yellow fruit
- Canary Current, a wind-driven surface current that is part of the North Atlantic Gyre
- Canary sack, white fortified wine (sack) imported from the Canary Islands
- Canary wood (disambiguation), a name used to describe wood from a number of tree species
- Canary yellow, a shade of yellow
- Warrant canary, a published statement, the removal of which indicates the publisher received a National Security Letter
- Canary trap, a method for exposing an information leak by giving different versions of a sensitive document to each of several suspects and seeing which version gets leaked
See also
- Canaries (disambiguation)
- Calamity Jane Cannary (1852–1903), American frontierswoman
- José Alberto "El Canario" (born 1958), Dominican salsa singer
- Conary (disambiguation)
- All pages with titles beginning with Canary