linnet
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/ˈlɪnɪt/
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ˈlɪnɪt
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.
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I do but sing because I must, And pipe but as the linnets sing: And unto one her note is gay, For now her little ones have ranged; And unto one her note is changed, Because her brood is stol’n away.
I heard a linnet courting His lady in the spring […]
A house finch (Haemorhous mexicanus), of North America.
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Noun
small finch originally of the western United States and Mexico
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small Old World finch whose male has a red breast and forehead
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