| Linnet (linnet) |
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| n. | (l***ibreve]n"n t) |
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| Lin"net |
| [F.
linot, linotte, from L. linum flax; or perh.
shortened from AS. l***imacr]netwige, fr. AS. l***imacr]n
flax; -- so called because it feeds on the seeds of flax and hemp.
See Linen.] (Zo***ou |
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.
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