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Definition of: linnet
(lin′it) noun
1. One of various singing birds, as the common European gray or gorse linnet (genus Carduelis), the male of which in summer has the breast and crown bright crimson.
2. The house finch (Carpodacus mexicana) of the western United States. [<OF linette <L linum flax; from its feeding on flax seeds]
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