Linnet

/ˈlɪnɪt/

Synonyms for "linnet" (8 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Noun(2 words)
birdcarduelis cannabina

Strong matches (2)

Noun(2 words)
carpodacus mexicanusfinch

Related words (4)

Noun(3 words)

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linnet chicklinnet fledglinglinnet juvenilelinnet nestling

Collocations

6 entries
European linnetcommon linnetlinnet dietlinnet habitatlinnet plumagelinnet song

Inflections

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Sample sentences

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But to sit there swinging his legs—this did not suffice to satisfy his heart, did not enable him to celebrate his instincts; and suddenly from his thicket of forest trees and greening bushes he began to pour forth a thrilling little tide of song, with the native sweetness of some human linnet unaware of its transcendent gift.

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⁠I do but sing because I must, And pipe but as the linnets sing: And unto one her note is gay, ⁠For now her little ones have ranged; ⁠And unto one her note is changed, Because her brood is stol’n away.

Source: wiktionary

I heard a linnet courting His lady in the spring […]

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Lindy herself hated the name Lindy. She said it sounded like a girl in pink gingham. At the beginning of this school year she'd started making all the teachers address her by her full name, Linnet. (She'd been named for an English bird that a soldier had mentioned to their mother during the war.) At first Karen had tried to call her that too, but it had felt so unnatural that she'd gradually given it up.

Source: wiktionary

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