Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several Eurasian or African finches of the genus Serinus having yellow or greenish plumage, especially S. serinus of Europe and northern Africa.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small fringilline bird of central and southern Europe, the finch Fringilla serinus or Scrinus hortulanus, closely related to the canary.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A European finch (
Serinus hortulanus ) closely related to the canary.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of various small
finches in the genusSerinus , with largely yellow plumage.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of various brown and yellow finches of parts of Europe
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The serin gas attack in the Tokyo subway system, done by a looped out cult with a belief system totally discontected from any serious political or demographic movement.
Politics vs. Economics, II, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Adult male Ethiopian black-headed siskin, Serinus nigriceps, also known as the Ethiopian siskin or (African/Abyssinian) black-headed siskin, or the black-headed serin, photographed at Bale Mountains, Ethiopia (Africa).
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Adult male Ethiopian black-headed siskin, Serinus nigriceps, also known as the Ethiopian siskin or (African/Abyssinian) black-headed siskin, or the black-headed serin, photographed at Bale Mountains, Ethiopia (Africa).
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Ruppell's chat (Myrmecocichla melaena) and Ankober serin (Serinus ankoberensis) are two notable near-endemics.
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Threatened bird species include two near-endemics, the Ankober serin (Serinus ankoberensis, EN) and the white-winged flufftail (Sarothrura ayresi, EN).
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There are others that are even less well reported: a brown, thrush-sized duck from St. Paul Island in the Indian Ocean (described by John Barrow in 1793); an unverified serin from Ethiopia, referred to in passing by Clement et al. (1993, p. 17); and … the mystery birds of the Falkland Islands.
Archive 2006-05-01 Darren Naish 2006
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It is much more balanced and comfortable but I don't believe it protects against serin gas or anthrax.
C'est Tres Post-K Slimbolala 2005
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Notable endemics found here include the yellow-throated serin and Prince Ruspoli's turaco.
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I am not sure where you got your information, they found mustard gas, serin sp nerve agent, chemical warheads and more.
Think Progress » Feingold: Joe Lieberman ‘Doesn’t Get It’ 2006
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Soldiers are not just learning about nerve agents, they're learning specifically about serin gas.
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