climate canary
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Similar to the miner's canary, from which the term is derived.
Noun[edit]
climate canary (plural climate canaries)
- A species that is affected by an environmental danger prior to other species, thus serving as an early warning system for the other species with regard to a danger.
Usage notes[edit]
Chosen as the most useful word of 2006 by the American Dialect Society.