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Word | Linnet |
small finch originally of the western United States and Mexico / 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. / a mainly brown and gray finch with a reddish breast and forehead., | |
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Synonyms | finch, house finch, lintwhite, Carduelis cannabina, Carpodacus mexicanus, bullfinch, bunting, canary, cardinal, chaffinch, crossbill, goldfinch, grosbeak, magpie, songbird, European Goldfinch, common finch, redpoll, serin, siskin, |
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