Definition of Serinus

1. Noun. Old World finches; e.g. canaries and serins.

Exact synonyms: Genus Serinus
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Fringillidae, Fringillidae
Member holonyms: Canary, Canary Bird, Serin

Lexicographical Neighbors of Serinus

Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Sergei Rachmaninov
Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev
Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff
Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninov
Sergent's white line
Sergey
Sergipe
Sergius
Seri
Sericocarpus
Serie A
Serie B
Seriland
Serinus (current term)
Serinus canaria
Seriola
Seriola dorsalis
Seriola grandis
Seriola zonata
Seriphidium
Seriphidium canum
Seriphidium maritimum
Seriphidium tridentatum
Seriphus
Seriphus politus
Seris
Serkin
Serkland

Literary usage of Serinus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Hand-book to the Birds of Great Britain by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1896)
"Fringilla serinus, Linn., SN, i., p. 320 (1766). Serinus hortulanus, Dresser, B. Eur., iii., p. 549, pi. 170 (1875) ; Newt. ed. Yarn, ii., p. ..."

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