linnet : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: linnet	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
linnet n small finch originally of the western United States and Mexico Synonym(s): house finch, linnet, Carpodacus mexicanus small Old World finch whose male has a red breast and forehead Synonym(s): linnet, lintwhite, Carduelis cannabina
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Linnet \Lin"net\ (l[icr]n"n[ecr]t), n. [F. linot, linotte, from L. linum flax; or perh. shortened from AS. l[c6]netwige, fr. AS. l[c6]n flax; -- so called because it feeds on the seeds of flax and hemp. See {Linen}.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of fringilline birds of the genera {Linota}, {Acanthis}, and allied genera, esp. the common European species ({L. cannabina}), 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 {gray linnet}, {red linnet}, {rose linnet}, {brown linnet}, {lintie}, {lintwhite}, {gorse thatcher}, {linnet finch}, and {greater redpoll}. The American redpoll linnet ({Acanthis linaria}) often has the crown and throat rosy. See {Redpoll}, and {Twite}. {Green linnet} (Zo[94]l.), the European green finch.