DICT.TW Dictionary Taiwan
3.145.155.91
Search for:
▼[Show options]
[Pronunciation] [Help] [Database Info] [Server Info]

2 definitions found

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Pine·finch n. Zool. (a) A small American bird (Spinus spinus syn. Chrysomitris spinus); -- called also pine siskin, and American siskin. (b) The pine grosbeak.
 ◄ ►

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Sis·kin n.  Zool. (a) A small green and yellow European finch (Spinus spinus, or Carduelis spinus); -- called also aberdevine. (b) The American pinefinch (Spinus 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.
 ◄ ►