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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Linnet \Lin"net\ (l[i^]n"n[e^]t), noun [F. linot, linotte, from L. linum flax; or perh. shortened from AS. l[imac]netwige, fr. AS. l[imac]n flax; -- so called because it feeds on the seeds of flax and hemp. See {Linen}.] (Zool.) 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}.
{Green linnet} (Zool.), the European green finch.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Lintie \Lin"tie\ (l[i^]n"t[i^]), Lintwhite \Lint"white'\ (l[i^]nt"hw[imac]t'), noun [AS. l[imac]netwige. See {Linnet}.] (Zool.) See {Linnet}. --Tennyson.
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