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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A linnet.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A linnet. Also lintywhite.
  • noun A skylark or wood-warbler.

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  • noun archaic A linnet.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[By folk etymology from Middle English linkwhitte, alteration of Old English līnetwige : līn, flax; see linseed + -twige, plucker, eater.]

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