linnet
See also: Linnet
English
A linnet
Etymology
From Old French linette, from lin (“flax”), from the bird's fondness for the seeds of flax, the source of linen and Old English līnete, līnetwige (“linnet”) (> dialectal English lintwhite).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɪnɪt/
- Rhymes: -ɪnɪt
Noun
linnet (plural linnets)
- A small passerine bird, the common linnet (Linaria cannabina, syn. Carduelis cannabina), in the finch family Fringillidae, native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa.
- 1890, Robert Bridges, The Shorter Poems of Robert Bridges, Book I, V:
- I heard a linnet courting
- His lady in the spring […]
- 1890, Robert Bridges, The Shorter Poems of Robert Bridges, Book I, V:
- (US) A house finch (Haemorhous mexicanus), of North America.
Synonyms
- (common linnet et al): lintwhite (archaic)
Derived terms
Translations
Carduelis cannabina, a finch of Europe, western Asia and northern Africa
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