Linnet

Word LINNET
Character 6
Hyphenation lin net
Pronunciations /ˈlɪnɪt/

Definitions and meanings of "Linnet"

What do we mean by linnet?

A small finch (Carduelis cannabina) of Eurasia and Africa with brownish plumage, the male of which has red on the head and breast. noun

A small songbird, Linaria or Linota cannabina, of the family Fringillidæ, inhabiting parts of Europe, Asia, and Africa. noun

An ore which contains phosphate intermixed with carbonate of lead in variable proportions: so called on account of the linnet-like color due to the presence of the phosphate. noun

Any one of several species of fringilline birds of the genera Linota, Acanthis, and allied genera, esp. the common European species (Linota 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. noun

The European green finch. noun

A small passerine bird, Carduelis cannabina in the finch family Fringillidae that derives its scientific name from its fondness for hemp, and its English name from its liking for seeds of flax, from which linen is made. noun

Small Old World finch whose male has a red breast and forehead noun

Small finch originally of the western United States and Mexico noun

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.

A house finch (Haemorhous mexicanus), of North America.

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The word "linnet" in example sentences

The linnet is here, and the lark, and the yellowhammer, ❋ Unknown (1931)

For the voice that he swore 'ud out-call the linnet's ❋ Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (1903)

The English word linnet does not, to my mind, convey so much of simple beauty and of pastoral ideas as belong to our Scottish word LINTIE. ❋ Ramsay, Edward B (1874)

There is something very Arcadian and un-Cockney-like in the idea of linnet-singing in Lock's Fields. ❋ Charles Maurice Davies (1869)

Our linnet is a little larger than the English, with a clear, bell-like voice, as of a blacksmith’s hammer on an anvil. ❋ Unknown (2004)

And I am sure you’ll not believe this, but a linnet is an English finch. ❋ Jude Deveraux (1983)

'linnet'! oh, my poor Merle, you have taken wings indeed! ❋ Honor�� De Balzac (1824)

The latter, whose anger was unbounded, had seized a poignard at his girdle, and was about to have rushed on the impassable aggressor, when a guttural cry, like that of the _cilguero_, (a kind of linnet of ❋ Jules Verne (1866)

If you have never heard the lilting song of the linnet, spotted the distinctive plumage of a goldcrest, or waited for the whirring wings of a grey partridge, it is increasingly unlikely that you ever will. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The grey partridge has declined by 90% in the UK alone, and the linnet by 57%. ❋ Unknown (2011)

They shall learn kindness early, to the dog, the cat, yes, even the rat, and the pretty linnet in its cage. ❋ Unknown (2010)

She fluttered and beat her soul against the hard face of things as did the linnet against the bars of wire. ❋ Unknown (2010)

She was like a linnet, caught by small boys and imprisoned in a cage. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In addition to the human inhabitants, the room was occupied by a linnet in a cage, three spaniels—Yip, Perky, and Sleepy—and Hunter, an old hound so devoted to my mother that he slept with his muzzle resting on her shoe. ❋ Kate Emerson (2010)

Three strict endemic birds also occur: the Somali pigeon (Columba oliviae, DD), the Somali thrush (Turdus ludoviciae, CR), and the Warsangli linnet (Carduelis johannis, EN), all found in the North Somali mountains endemic bird area. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The severely threatened Somali thrush and Warsangli linnet are principally or perhaps wholly confined to juniper forests at higher elevations. ❋ Unknown (2008)

A linnet is [always] [smiling]. ❋ Poohbear65 (2014)

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