linnet
- 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.
- (US) A house finch (Haemorhous mexicanus), of North America.
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈlɪnɪt/
Etymology
In summary
From 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).
Carduelis cannabina
Carpodacus mexicanus
Eurasian linnet
Common Linnet
Hänfling
linotte mélodieuse
kneu
fanello
Carduelis
pardillo
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