"miner's canary" meaning in All languages combined

See miner's canary on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: miners' canaries [plural], miner's canaries [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|miners' canaries|+}} miner's canary (plural miners' canaries or miner's canaries)
  1. A bird caged in mines because its death provided a warning of dangerous levels of toxic gases.
    Sense id: en-miner's_canary-en-noun-EMO3TtWG
  2. (idiomatic) Anything, especially an organism, whose death or distress provides an early warning of danger. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-miner's_canary-en-noun-NUNxN78P Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: canary in a coal mine, miners' canary Derived forms: climate canary Related terms: bioindicator

Inflected forms

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