Akademik

Serinus

noun

Old World finches; e.g. canaries and serins

• Syn: ↑genus Serinus

• Hypernyms: ↑bird genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Fringillidae, ↑family Fringillidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑canary, ↑canary bird, ↑serin

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\\sə̇ˈrīnəs, -rēn-\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from French serin serin

: an Old World genus of finches including the canary, the serin, and related forms

Useful english dictionary. 2012.