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  2  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  siskin 
  n  :  small  sharp-billed  yellow-and-black  Eurasian  finch  [syn:  {Carduelis 
  spinus}] 




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