linnet

A linnet

Meaning

Noun

  • 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.
  • A house finch (Haemorhous mexicanus (species)), of North America.

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Origin

  • From Old French linette, from lin, from the bird's fondness for the seeds of flax, the source of linen and Old English līnete, līnetwige (> dialectal English lintwhite).

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