serin

ser·in  (srn)

n.

Any of several Old World finches of the genus Serinus having yellowish plumage, especially a European species (S. serinus) closely related to the canary.

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[French, from Old French, perhaps from Old Provençal serena, a kind of bird, from Late Latin srna, from Latin srn, from Greek seirn.]

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serin [ˈsɛrɪn]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various small yellow-and-brown finches of the genus Serinus, esp S. serinus, of parts of Europe See also canary

[from French, perhaps from Old Provençal sirena a bee-eater, from Latin sīrēn, a kind of bird, from siren]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

serin - any of various brown and yellow finches of parts of Europe finch - any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds genus Serinus, Serinus - Old World finches; e.g. canaries and serins