serin

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noun
  1. a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.

Origin of serin

1
1520–30; <Middle French sere(i)n; compare Old Provençal serena, sirena bee-eater (a green bird) <Late Latin sīrēna, for Latin sīrēnsiren

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serin

/ (ˈsɛrɪn) /


noun
  1. any of various small yellow-and-brown finches of the genus Serinus, esp S. serinus, of parts of Europe and North Africa: See also canary

Origin of serin

1
C16: from French, perhaps from Old Provençal sirena a bee-eater, from Latin sīrēn, a kind of bird, from siren

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