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linnet

noun
🔊/ˈlɪnɪt/
🔊/ˈlɪnɪt/
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  1. a small bird of the finch family that is grey and brown with patches of red on its chest赤胸朱顶雀Topics Birdsc2
    Word Originearly 16th cent.: from Old French linette, from lin ‘flax’ (because the bird feeds on flaxseeds).