linnet
A small passerine bird, the common linnet, in the finch family Fringillidae, native to…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.
Meaning
2 sensesA small passerine bird, the common linnet (Linaria cannabina syn. Carduelis cannabina), in the finch family Fringillidae, native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa.
Hänfling
конопля́нкаkonopljánka
конопля́нкаkonopljánka, конопля́ркаkonopljárka, конопля́никkonopljányk
(US)A house finch (Haemorhous mexicanus), of North America.
- small Old World finch whose male has a red breast and forehead
- small finch originally of the western United States and Mexico
Translations
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Origin
From Old French linette, from lin (“flax”), from the bird's fondness for the seeds of flaxFrom 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).
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Forms
plural: linnetsSynonyms
4 synonyms- small Old World finch whose male has a red breast and forehead:lintwhiteCarduelis cannabina
- small finch originally of the western United States and Mexico:house finchCarpodacus mexicanus
Word family
5 related wordsSee also
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