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linnet |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Linnet \Lin"net\ (l[i^]n"n[e^]t), n. [F. linot, linotte from L. linum flax; or perh. shortened from AS l[=i]netwige, fr AS l[=i]n flax; -- so called because it feeds on the seeds of flax and hemp. See {Linen}.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of fringilline birds of the genera {Linota}, {Acanthis}, and allied genera, esp. the common European species ({L. cannabina}), which in full summer plumage, is chestnut brown above, with the breast more or less crimson. The feathers of its head are grayish brown, tipped with crimson. Called also {gray linnet}, {red linnet}, {rose linnet}, {brown linnet}, {lintie}, {lintwhite}, {gorse thatcher}, {linnet finch}, and {greater redpoll}. The American redpoll linnet ({Acanthis linaria}) often has the crown and throat rosy. See {Redpoll}, and {Twite}. {Green linnet} (Zo["o]l.), the European green finch. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: linnet n 1: small finch originally of the western United States and Mexico [syn: {house finch}, {Carpodacus mexicanus}] 2: small Old World finch whose male has a red breast and forehead [syn: {Carduelis cannabina}]
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