PINE SISKIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pine siskin mean? 

• PINE SISKIN (noun)
  The noun PINE SISKIN has 1 sense:

1. small finch of North American coniferous forests

  Familiarity information: PINE SISKIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PINE SISKIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small finch of North American coniferous forests

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

pine finch; pine siskin; Spinus pinus

Hypernyms ("pine siskin" is a kind of...):

finch (any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds)

Holonyms ("pine siskin" is a member of...):

genus Spinus; Spinus (in some classifications considered a subgenus of Carduelis: siskins and New World goldfinches)