linnet

noun

1. small finch originally of the western United States and Mexico

   noun.animal

   Synonyms carpodacus mexicanus house finch

   Source: WordNet 3.0

2. small Old World finch whose male has a red breast and forehead

   noun.animal

   Synonyms carduelis cannabina lintwhite

   Source: WordNet 3.0

3. Any one of several species of fringilline birds of the genera <i>Linota</i>, <i>Acanthis</i>, and allied genera, esp. the common European species (<i>L. cannabina</i>), 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 <i>gray linnet</i>, <i>red linnet</i>, <i>rose linnet</i>, <i>brown linnet</i>, <i>lintie</i>, <i>lintwhite</i>, <i>gorse thatcher</i>, <i>linnet finch</i>, and <i>greater redpoll</i>. The American redpoll linnet (<i>Acanthis linaria</i>) often has the crown and throat rosy. See <u>Redpoll</u>, and <u>Twite</u>.

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   Source: webster1913