Found 2 items, similar to pine siskin.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: pine siskin
pine siskin
n : small finch of North American coniferous forests [syn:
pine finch
,
Spinus pinus]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: pine siskin
Siskin
\Sis"kin\, n. [Dan. sisgen; cf. Sw. siska, G. zeisig, D.
sijsje; of Slav. origin; cf. Pol. czy?.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A small green and yellow European finch (
Spinus spinus,
or
Carduelis spinus); -- called also
aberdevine.
(b) The American pinefinch (
S. pinus); -- called also
pine siskin
. See
Pinefinch.
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Note: The name is applied also to several other related
species found in Asia and South America.
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Siskin green, a delicate shade of yellowish green, as in
the mineral torbernite.
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Pinefinch
\Pine"finch`\ (p[imac]n"f[i^]nch`), n. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A small American bird (
Spinus spinus syn.
Chrysomitris spinus
); -- called also
pine siskin, and
American siskin
.
(b) The pine grosbeak.
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