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siskin|ˈsɪskɪn|
Also 6 sysken-, 7 sisken.
[ad. G. dial. sisschen or zeischen, = older Flem. sijsken, cijsken (Kilian; Du. and Flem. sijsje), Da. sisgen, a dim. form based on MHG. zîsec (also zîse; G. zeisig), MLG. ziseke, sisek (Norw. sisik, sisk, Sw. siska), which are app. of Slavonic origin; cf. Pol. czyżik, czyż, Russ. chizhek', chizh'.]
1. A small song-bird, in some respects closely allied to the goldfinch; also called aberdevine.
By older writers sometimes identified with the greenfinch.
1562Turner Herbal ii. (1568) 134 It [sesamum] groweth in Germany..and men fede byrdes with the sede of it there, namelye Syskennes. 1567J. Maplet Gr. Forest 80 She most commonlye hatcheth hir yong in the Larkes Nest or Siskins, which Siskin is not much vnlike to the Goldfinch. 1616Surfl. & Markham Country Farme vii. lxx. 731 The Siskins liue, some fiue, others eight yeares. 1661Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. Isagoge d j b, All sorts of little birds, as sparrows,..wrens, witwalls, siskens. 1768Pennant Brit. Zool. II. 512 The Siskin, which is an irregular visitant, said to come from Russia. 1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1776) III. 169 The Siskin and Linnet only forsake us in severe winters. 1813Montagu Ornith. Suppl. s.v. Siskin, The Aberdevine or Siskin, is in size between that of the Greater and Lesser Red-poles. 1841Proc. Berw. Nat. Club I. 252 The siskin (Carduelis spinus)..is sometimes very abundant. 1894–5Lydekker Roy. Nat. Hist. III. 385 From Japan to the British Isles the common siskin (Chrysomitris spinus) is found in suitable localities.
2. Applied with defining words to various small birds related to or resembling the siskin.
1783Latham Gen. Synop. Birds II. i. 292 Mexican Siskin..inhabits Mexico. Ibid. 293 Chinese Siskin..inhabits China. 1839Audubon Ornith. Biog. V. 46 Black-headed Siskin, Fringilla Magellanica. Ibid. 85 Arkansaw Siskin, Fringilla psaltria. 1874Coues Birds N.W. 116 Arkansas Goldfinch; Mexican Siskin. 1884― N. Amer. Birds 354 Chrysomitris pinus,..American Siskin.
3. attrib., as siskin finch, siskin group; siskin-green, a light green inclining to yellow; siskin-parrot, a small parrot of the genus Nasiterna (Cent. Dict.).
1805–17R. Jameson Char. Min. (ed. 3) 59 Siskin-green forming the connecting link with yellow. 1815Stephens in Shaw's Gen. Zool. IX. ii. 467 Siskin Finch. Ibid. 471 Mexican Siskin Finch. 1879E. P. Wright Anim. Life 260 A peculiar sort of green approaching to sage-green, but so peculiar as to give rise to the name of ‘siskin-green’. 1894–5Lydekker Roy. Nat. Hist. III. 385 A less well-known member of the siskin group is the citril finch (Chrysomitris citrinella). |