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Definition of Linnet

1. Noun. Small finch originally of the western United States and Mexico.

2. Noun. Small Old World finch whose male has a red breast and forehead.

Definition of Linnet

1. n. 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.

Definition of Linnet

1. Proper noun. (English female given name) derived from the linnet bird. Occasionally recorded since the 19th century. ¹

2. Noun. A small passerine bird 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. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Linnet

1. a European songbird [n -S]

Medical Definition of Linnet

1. Any one of several species of fringilline birds of the genera Linota, Acanthis, and allied genera, especially. 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. Green linnet, the European green finch. Origin: F. Linot, linotte, from L. Linum flax; or perh. Shortened from AS.linetwige, fr. AS. Lin flax; so called because it feeds on the seeds of flax and hemp. See Linen. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Linnet

linkup linkups linkway linkways linkwork linkworks linky linn linnaea borealis linnaean system of nomenclature

linnaeite linnaeites linne linned linnet (current term) linnets linney linneys linnies linning

linnorm linnorms linns linny lino linocut linocuts linoleate linoleates

Literary usage of Linnet

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1861)
"the distinguishing characters have been given under Fixen, in the genus fringilla of which they are placed by Gray. The common brown linnet of Europe (L. ..."

2. A history of British birds by Francis Orpen Morris (1852)
"RED-BREASTED linnet. GREY LIS NET. ROSE linnet. WHIN linnet. ... The linnet is easily reared from the nest. Towards the end of autumn individuals collect ..."

3. Illustrations of British Ornithology by Prideaux John Selby (1833)
"THIS bird has been considered by most of our authors as two distinct species, under the titles of the Common or Brown linnet and the Greater ..."

4. Battles of the British Navy by Joseph Allen (1852)
"ON the 16th of January, in the forenoon, the 14-gun brig linnet, ... Just at this time, however, the linnet arriving within musket-shot of the lugger, ..."

5. The Sunday Magazine by Thomas Guthrie, William Garden Blaikie, Benjamin Waugh (1875)
"THE linnet. """THE linnet is a merry bird When summer's smile is brightest ; Whatever songster may be heard, The linnet's song is lightest. ..."

6. Library of Choice Literature and Encyclopaedia of Universal Authorship by Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon (1893)
"Loud and long The linnet pipes his song ! For he cannot see The smoky ... And then, for a minute, As sweet things seem, As to the linnet Piping in his dream ..."

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