Siskin Synonyms

sĭskĭn
Small yellow-and-black Eurasian finch with a sharp beak
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. Carduelis spinus

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Siskin Sentence Examples

  • In winter siskin, lesser redpolls and brambling visit.

  • The nest of the siskin is very like that of the goldfinch, but seldom so neatly built; the eggs, except in their smaller size, much resemble those of the greenfinch.

  • A larger and more brightly coloured species, C. spinoides, inhabits the Himalayas, but the siskin has many other relatives belonging to the New World, and in them serious modifications of structure, especially in the form of the bill, occur.

  • Thus the siskin perhaps may be regarded as one of the less modified descendants of a stock whence such forms as those just mentioned have sprung.

  • Hybrids are also common, the canary breeding freely with the siskin, goldfinch, citril, greenfinch and linnet.

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