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From dialectalGermanSisschen,Zeischen, diminutive form ofMiddle High Germanzisec, apparently ultimately fromProto-Slavic*čižь (compare e.g.Polishczyżyk).

• (UK)IPA^(key): /ˈsɪskɪn/

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siskin (pluralsiskins)

1. A small green and yellow Europeanfinch,Carduelis spinus spinus orCarduelis spinus, nowSpinus spinus.
   • 2001, WG Sebald, translated byAnthea Bell,Austerlitz, Penguin, published2011, page 2:

     I sat there on a bench in dappled shade, beside an aviary full of brightly feathered finches andsiskins fluttering about.

   • 2013 January, Paul Bartell, Ashli Moore, “Avian Migration: The Ultimate Red-Eye Flight”, inAmerican Scientist‎^[1], volume101, number 1, archived fromthe original on5 March 2016, pages47–48:

     Many of these classic methods are still used, with some modern improvements. For example, with the aid of special microphones and automated sound detection software, ornithologists recently reported […] that pinesiskins (Spinus pinus) undergo an irregular, nomadic type of nocturnal migration.

2. Any of various similar birds in subfamilyCarduelinae, principally in the genusSpinus.

• (Spinus spinus):aberdevine,Eurasian siskin

• Carduelinae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Spinus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

• serin

• kiss-in,kissin',nkisis,siniks

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