genus serinus

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   Old World finches; e.g. canaries and serins

   SynonymsSerinus

   Broaderbird genus

   Part ofFringillidae

Questions about genus serinus

What does genus serinus mean?

genus serinus means "Old World finches; e.g. canaries and serins".

What is another word for genus serinus?

Close synonyms include Serinus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus serinus a common word?

genus serinus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.