miners' canaries

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Definition of miners' canaries in English English dictionary

plural form of miners' canary

Related Terms

miners' canary

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

miners' canary

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

Hyphenation

miners' ca·nar·ies

Turkish pronunciation

maynırz kıneriz

Pronunciation

/ˈmīnərz kəˈnerēz/ /ˈmaɪnɜrz kəˈnɛriːz/