Serin

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  • noun. Any of several Eurasian or African finches of the genus Serinus having yellow or greenish plumage, especially S. serinus of Europe and northern Africa.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A small fringilline bird of central and southern Europe, the finch Fringilla serinus or Scrinus hortulanus, closely related to the canary.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A European finch (Serinus hortulanus) closely related to the canary.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Any of various small finches in the genus Serinus, with largely yellow plumage.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. any of various brown and yellow finches of parts of Europe
  • Word Usage
    "The serin gas attack in the Tokyo subway system, done by a looped out cult with a belief system totally discontected from any serious political or demographic movement."
    cross-reference
    siskin  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    finch