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Dictionary entry overview: What does linnet mean?

• LINNET (noun)
The noun LINNET has 2 senses:

1. small finch originally of the western United States and Mexico
2. small Old World finch whose male has a red breast and forehead

Familiarity information: LINNET used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• LINNET (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Small finch originally of the western United States and Mexico

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Carpodacus mexicanus; house finch; linnet

Hypernyms ("linnet" is a kind of...):

finch (any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds)

Holonyms ("linnet" is a member of...):

Carpodacus; genus Carpodacus (house finches and purple finches)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Carduelis cannabina; lintwhite; linnet

Hypernyms ("linnet" is a kind of...):

finch (any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds)

Holonyms ("linnet" is a member of...):

Carduelis; genus Carduelis (in some classifications considered the type genus of a subfamily Carduelinae of the family Fringillidae: goldfinches; siskins; redpolls; linnets)

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