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serin

(ser′in)

noun

any of various small, yellow or yellowish-green Eurasian finches of a genus (Serinus) that includes the canary, esp. a European species (S. serinus)

Origin: Fr, prob. < OProv serena, bee-eater, a green bird < LL sirena, for L siren, siren

See serin in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Any of several Old World finches of the genus Serinus having yellowish plumage, especially a European species (S. serinus) closely related to the canary.

Origin:

Origin: French

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , perhaps from Old Provençal serena, a kind of bird

Origin: , from Late Latin sīrēna

Origin: , from Latin sīrēn

Origin: , from Greek seirēn

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