0 a small, yellow bird that is well known for its singing, sometimes kept as a pet --
1 a small, yellow bird, popular as a pet in a cage --
Yet, if we take away their feeling of security—even by removing their pet cat or canary—we may do children irreparable harm.
The canary has changed but the song remains the same.
I have bred in my time most small animals, from canaries to carthorses.
This is a classic case because, ever since it has been unnecessary to take canaries into mines under these conditions, they have not been taken.
The only co-operation that they understand is the kind of co-operation that the cat proffers to the canary.
I will quote one particular instance which came before us, that of the disappearing canary in the cage.
A canary is taken down with the men, and, if carbon dioxide is in the air, the canary at once discloses the fact.
But one thing we do know—and it is that the birds, like the miner's canary, give some indication as to what has happened.
