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 lin·net /ˈlɪnət/
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 Lin·net n.  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.
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 linnet
      n 1: small finch originally of the western United States and
           Mexico [syn: house finch, Carpodacus mexicanus]
      2: small Old World finch whose male has a red breast and
         forehead [syn: lintwhite, Carduelis cannabina]