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canaries

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music | 1996 | | Copyright

canaries (or canarie, or canary). Old dance in rhythm something like gigue but with all its phrases beginning on first beat of the measure with a note a beat and a half long. So called in 17th cent. because it imitated Canary Is. rituals.

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Serinus

A Dictionary of Zoology | 1999 | | Copyright

Serinus (canaries, seedeaters) See FRINGILLIDAE.

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Canaries

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

Canaries •biz, Cadíz, Cadiz, fizz, frizz, gee-whiz, his, is, jizz, Liz, Ms, phiz, quiz, squiz, swizz, tizz, viz, whizz, wiz, zizz •louis, Suez •scabies •Celebes, heebie-jeebies •showbiz • laches • Marches • breeches •Indies • undies • hafiz • Kyrgyz •Hedges • Bridges • Hodges • Judges •Rockies • walkies •Gillies, Scillies •pennies • Benares •Jefferies, Jeffreys •Canaries •Delores, Flores, furores •series • miniseries • Furies •congeries • Potteries • molasses •glasses • sunglasses • missus • suffix •falsies • fracases • galluses •Pontine Marshes • species •subspecies • conches • munchies •treatise •civvies, Skivvies •Velázquez • exequies • obsequies •Menzies • elevenses •cosies (US cozies), Moses •Joneses

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