Linnet meaning
A small passerine bird, Carduelis cannabina in the finch family Fringillidae, native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa.
noun
A small finch (Carduelis cannabina) of Eurasia and Africa with brownish plumage, the male of which has red on the head and breast.
noun
Either of two small, variously colored finches, an Old World species (Acanthis cannabina) or a New World species (Carpodacus mexicanus)
noun
A female given name derived from the linnet bird. Occasionally recorded since the 19th century.
pronoun
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Origin of linnet
Obsolete French linette from Old French from lin flax (from its feeding on flax seed) from Latin līnum lī̆no- in Indo-European roots