siskin
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noun
- A small green and yellow European finch, Carduelis spinus spinus or Carduelis spinus, now Spinus spinus.
- Any of various similar birds in subfamily Carduelinae, principally in the genus Spinus.
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From dialectal German Sisschen, Zeischen, diminutive form of Middle High German zīsec, apparently ultimately from Proto-Slavic *čižь (compare e.g. Polish czyżyk).
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