Definition of linnets Linnets
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What does linnets mean?
Wiktionary 
- linnets (Noun)
Plural of linnet.
Part of speech
🔤- linnets, noun, plural of linnet.
WordNet
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| linnet - small Old World finch whose male has a red breast and forehead | ||
| lintwhite, Carduelis cannabina | ||
| finch any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds | ||
| linnet - small finch originally of the western United States and Mexico | ||
| house finch, Carpodacus mexicanus | ||
| finch any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds | ||
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Wiktionary
- linnet (Noun)
A small passerine bird, in the finch family Fringillidae that derives its scientific name from its fondness for hemp, and its English name from its liking for seeds of flax, from which linen is made.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- linnet (n.)
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.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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linnet
lin′et, n. a small singing-bird—from feeding on flax-seed. [Fr. linot—lin, flax—L. linum.]
Part of speech
🔤- linnet, noun, singular of linnets.
