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Lintwhite

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A linnet. archaic

    "O sweet are Coila's haughs an' woods, / When lintwhites chant amang the buds,"

  2. 2
    small Old World finch whose male has a red breast and forehead wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English lynkwhytte, lyngwhitte (also as Middle English lindetvigle), from Old English līnetwige, līnetwigle (“linnet”).

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