siskin
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ˈsɪskɪn/
Noun

siskin (plural siskins)

  1. A small green and yellow European finch, Carduelis spinus spinus or Carduelis spinus, now Spinus spinus.
    • 2001, Anthea Bell, translating WG Sebald, Austerlitz, Penguin 2011, p. 2:
      I sat there on a bench in dappled shade, beside an aviary full of brightly feathered finches and siskins fluttering about.
  2. Any of various similar birds in subfamily Carduelinae, principally in the genus Spinus.
Synonyms


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