: a small yellow and grayish Old World finch (Serinus serinus of the family Fringillidae) that is related to the canary
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The skeleton of biochemist Enrique Berríos – a dandy, charmer, bar-room singer and re-developer of the Nazi serin gas and black cocaine cook for Augusto Pinochet’s DINA secret police – is found washed up on a beach in Uruguay.
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John Hopewell, Variety, 29 July 2025
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John Hopewell, Variety, 29 July 2025
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“Serin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/serin. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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