6 letters · 10 points in Scrabble
noun small yellow-and-black Eurasian finch with a sharp beak
originFrom dialectal German Sisschen, Zeischen, diminutive form of Middle High German zīsec, apparently ultimately from Proto-Slavic *čižь (compare e.g. Polish czyżyk).
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