linnet

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

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

Etymology

From Old French linette, from lin (“flax”), from the bird's fondness for the seeds of flax, the source of linen and Old English līnete, līnetwige (“linnet”) (> dialectal English lintwhite).

In classic literature

Synonyms

house finch, Carpodacus mexicanus

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