siskin noun.
['sɪskɪn] M16.[Middle Dutch siseken, early Flemish sijsken (Dutch sijsje), dim. based on Middle Low German sīsek, czītze, Middle High German zīsec, zīse (German Zeisig), of Slavonic origin (cf. Russian chizh).]Any of various small streaked yellowish-green finches of the genus
Carduelis, esp.
C. spinus of northern Eurasia and (
N. Amer., more fully
pine siskin)
C. pinus of N. American pinewoods.
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