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siskin

(sis′kin)

noun

a Eurasian finch (Carduelis spinus) with yellow-green plumage and black markings
pine siskin

Origin: via Fl or Du < Ger zeischen, dim. of zeizig < Czech čížek, dim. of číž (akin to Pol czyz, Russ čiž), of echoic orig.

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noun

Any of several small finches, such as Carduelis spinus, a greenish-yellow finch of Eurasia related to the goldfinch, or the pine siskin of North America.

Origin:

Origin: Obsolete Dutch sīsken

Origin: , from alteration of Middle Dutch

Origin: , diminutive of sīs

Origin: , from Middle Low German csītze

Origin: , probably from Czech číž

Origin: , of imitative origin

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