Siskin Definition

sĭskĭn
noun
A Eurasian finch (Carduelis spinus) with yellow-green plumage and black markings.
Webster's New World

Pine siskin.

Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • Carduelis spinus

Other Word Forms of Siskin

Noun

Singular:
siskin
Plural:
siskins

Origin of Siskin

  • From dialectal German Sisschen, Zeischen, diminutive form of Middle High German zisec, apparently ultimately from Proto-Slavic (compare e.g. Polish czyżik).

    From Wiktionary

  • Obsolete Dutch sīsken from Middle Dutch diminutive of sīs from Middle Low German csītze probably from Czech číž of imitative origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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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Words Starting With

SSISIS

Words Ending With

NINKIN

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