[ser-in] 
| a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary. |
| ser·in (sěr'ĭn) 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. [French, from Old French, perhaps from Old Provençal serena, a kind of bird, from Late Latin sīrēna, from Latin sīrēn, from Greek seirēn.] |