Hypertext Webster Gateway: "siskin"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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}.

Note: 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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

siskin
n : small sharp-billed yellow-and-black Eurasian finch [syn: {Carduelis
spinus}]

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