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Yellowish-green finch
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siskin
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A small green and yellow European finch, (taxlink Carduelis spinus spinus subspecies noshow=1) or ''Carduelis spinus'', now often ''Spinus spinus''.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Siskin \Sis"kin\, n. [Dan. sisgen; cf. Sw. siska, G. zeisig, D. sijsje; of Slav. origin; cf. Pol. czy?.] (Zo["o]l.) A small green and yellow European finch ( Spinus spinus , or Carduelis spinus ); -- called also aberdevine . The American pinefinch ( S. ...
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
The name siskin when referring to a bird is derived from an adaptation of the German dialect words sisschen , zeischen , which are diminutive forms of Middle High German ( zîsec ) and Middle Low German ( ziseke , sisek ) words, which are themselves apparently ...
Usage examples of siskin.
I believe that bird yonder is a hybrid of canary and siskin, that one there a citril hybrid.
I sometimes used to talk on walks in Surrey when I was a kid - Green Line bus, a few hours in the woods - and it was my fault the cuckoo or redstart or fieldfare or siskin flew away, and never came back the whole day.
The siskin landed upside down several feet away, and lay on its back in the dust, flopping and kicking spastically while issuing pained chirrupy gurgles.
As he spoke, a bird, a little pine siskin, flitted through the corral fence, zipping low to the ground, and for some reason did not register Carl's bulk in its way.
The air above was thick with wings, many on their way southward for the year, and their cries drifted down with the rain: redpolls and siskins chattered anger at the humans from the boughs.