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.
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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.
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pine siskin
n : small finch of North American coniferous forests [syn: pine
finch, Spinus pinus]