miners' canary

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Definition of miners' canary in English English dictionary

Any thing, especially an organism, whose demise or distress provides an early warning of danger

A caged bird kept caged in mines because its demise provided a warning of dangerous levels of toxic gases

Hyphenation

miners' ca·na·ry

Turkish pronunciation

maynırz kıneri

Pronunciation

/ˈmīnərz kəˈnerē/ /ˈmaɪnɜrz kəˈnɛriː/