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.
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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