What's the difference between aberdevine and siskin?
Aberdevine
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Siskin
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(n.) A small green and yellow European finch (Spinus spinus, or Carduelis spinus); -- called also aberdevine.
(n.) The American pinefinch (S. pinus); -- called also pine siskin. See Pinefinch.
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(1) There was no effect of B on basal metabolic rate of either species, but nocturnal metabolic rate varied significantly less over the 3-h period of measurement in B-treated sparrows and siskins than in control birds.
(2) Resting metabolic rates of Gambel's white-crowned sparrows (Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii) and pine siskins (Carduelis pinus) were evaluated at thermoneutral temperatures before and after administration of corticosterone (B) at physiological doses.