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Webster 1913 Edition
Siskin
Sis′kin
,Noun.
[Dan.
sisgen
; cf. Sw. siska
, G. zeisig
, D. sijsje
; of Slav. origin; cf. Pol. czyż
.] (Zool.)
(a)
A small green and yellow European finch (
Spinus spinus
, or Carduelis spinus
); – called also aberdevine
. (b)
☞ The name is applied also to several other related species found in Asia and South America.
Siskin green
, a delicate shade of yellowish green, as in the mineral torbernite.
Webster 1828 Edition
Siskin
SIS'KIN
,Noun.
Definition 2024
siskin
siskin
See also: şişkin
English
Noun
siskin (plural siskins)
- 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.
- 2013 January 1, Paul Bartell, Ashli Moore, “Avian Migration: The Ultimate Red-Eye Flight”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 1, page 47–48:
- Many of these classic methods are still used, with some modern improvements. For example, with the aid of special microphones and automated sound detection software, ornithologists recently reported […] that pine siskins (Spinus pinus) undergo an irregular, nomadic type of nocturnal migration.
- 2001, Anthea Bell, translating WG Sebald, Austerlitz, Penguin 2011, p. 2:
- Any of various similar birds in subfamily Carduelinae, principally in the genus Spinus.
Synonyms
- (Spinus spinus): aberdevine, Eurasian siskin
See also
-
Carduelinae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Spinus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Translations
small European finch — see Eurasian siskin