linnet

  • 31linnet — /ˈlɪnət/ (say linuht) noun any of certain fringilline song birds of the genus Carduelis, especially C. cannabina, of Eurasia. {Middle English linet, from Old French linette, from lin flax (because the bird feeds on flaxseeds) …

  • 32linnet —    Aimīkana, manu ai mīkana, manu ai papaia …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 33linnet — see LINEN …

    Word origins

  • 34linnet — n. a finch, Acanthis cannabina, with brown and grey plumage. Etymology: OF linette f. lin flax (the bird feeding on flax seeds) …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 35brown linnet — Linnet Lin net (l[i^]n n[e^]t), n. [F. linot, linotte, from L. linum flax; or perh. shortened from AS. l[=i]netwige, fr. AS. l[=i]n flax; so called because it feeds on the seeds of flax and hemp. See {Linen}.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of several… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 36gray linnet — Linnet Lin net (l[i^]n n[e^]t), n. [F. linot, linotte, from L. linum flax; or perh. shortened from AS. l[=i]netwige, fr. AS. l[=i]n flax; so called because it feeds on the seeds of flax and hemp. See {Linen}.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of several… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 37Green linnet — Linnet Lin net (l[i^]n n[e^]t), n. [F. linot, linotte, from L. linum flax; or perh. shortened from AS. l[=i]netwige, fr. AS. l[=i]n flax; so called because it feeds on the seeds of flax and hemp. See {Linen}.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of several… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 38red linnet — Linnet Lin net (l[i^]n n[e^]t), n. [F. linot, linotte, from L. linum flax; or perh. shortened from AS. l[=i]netwige, fr. AS. l[=i]n flax; so called because it feeds on the seeds of flax and hemp. See {Linen}.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of several… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 39rose linnet — Linnet Lin net (l[i^]n n[e^]t), n. [F. linot, linotte, from L. linum flax; or perh. shortened from AS. l[=i]netwige, fr. AS. l[=i]n flax; so called because it feeds on the seeds of flax and hemp. See {Linen}.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of several… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 40linnet pole — a pole from which a fish net is suspended to dry (Newfoundland) …

    Dictionary of ichthyology