linnet

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(Английский)

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.

Произносится как (IPA)

/ˈlɪnɪt/

Унаследовано от староанглийский

līnete

Родственно английский

lintwhite

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).