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Definition of Carduelis spinus

Carduelis spinus
Siskin Sis"kin, n. [Dan. sisgen; cf. Sw. siska, G. zeisig, D. sijsje; of Slav. origin; cf. Pol. czy?.] (Zo["o]l.) (a) A small green and yellow European finch (Spinus spinus, or Carduelis spinus); -- called also aberdevine. (b) The American pinefinch (S. 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.
Carduelis spinus
Aber-de-vine Ab`er-de-vine", n. (Zo["o]l.) The European siskin (Carduelis spinus), a small green and yellow finch, related to the goldfinch.

Meaning of Carduelis spinus from wikipedia

- The Eurasian siskin (Spinus spinus) is a small p****erine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. It is also called the European siskin, common siskin or...
- The genus Carduelis is a group of birds in the finch family Fringillidae. The genus Carduelis was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques...
- placed in the genus Spinus, a group containing New World goldfinches and siskins. In 1976, Spinus was merged into the genus Carduelis as a subgenus. Recent...
- The pine siskin (Spinus pinus) is a North American bird in the finch family. It is a migratory bird with an extremely sporadic winter range. The pine siskin...
- (C. carduelis) and that of the European serin (Serinus serinus). The main call is a tee-ee, quite similar to the Eurasian siskin (Spinus spinus). The...
- goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) is a small finch in the genus Spinus native to the Americas. As is the case for most species in the genus Spinus, lesser goldfinch...
- The hooded siskin (Spinus magellanicus) is a small p****erine bird in the finch family (Fringillidae), native to South America. It belongs to the ****tive...
- The yellow-bellied siskin (Spinus xanthogastrus) is a small p****erine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. It breeds from Costa Rica south to southern...
- The genus Spinus was introduced in 1816 by the German naturalist Carl Ludwig Koch with the type species by tautonomy as Fringilla spinus Linnaeus, 1758...
- placed it in the genus Carduelis, it was later placed in the genus Spinus, which merged with Carduelis in 1976, before the genus Spinus was resurrected with...