linnet

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lin·net /ˈlɪnɪt/ noun [countable]  HBBa small brown singing bird 朱顶雀

Examples from the Corpus

linnet• Be it a duck, a sparrow, a linnet or a thrush.• Meadow pipits and skylarks, redpolls and linnets.• Hither, hither, through the sky, Turtledove and linnet, fly!• Two bright goldfinches and one red-breasted linnet were just standing there.• The linnet lifted its beak and uttered a few melancholy notes as she opened the cage door.

lin·net nounChineseSyllable  

Corpus singing a bird small brown

linnet
lin‧net /ˈlɪnət, ˈlɪnɪt/ noun [countable]
a small brown singing bird

lin·netBrE /ˈlɪnɪt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈlɪnɪt/ 🔊 nouna small brown and grey bird of the finch family 赤胸朱顶雀