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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: very small yellow-headed titmouse of western North America [syn: verdin, Auriparus flaviceps]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: French, a green songbird of Indochina, alteration of verdon, verdun bunting, yellowhammer, from vert green, from Old French verd, vert Date: 1881 a very small yellow-headed bird (Auriparus flaviceps) of arid scrublands that is related to the chickadee and is found from Texas to California and southward to Mexico

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Verdin Ver"din, n. [Cf. Sp. verdino bright green, F. verdin the yellow-hammer.] (Zo["o]l.) A small yellow-headed bird (Auriparus flaviceps) of Lower California, allied to the titmice; -- called also goldtit.