linnet
A small passerine bird, the common linnet ( syn.
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4:44 AM "The Salamanca/The Banshee/The Sailor's Bonnet" by 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐝 from 1975 (Green Linnet) #nowplaying
Linnet, ringed plover, and new oystercatchers in the making helped brighten a quiet, dull and overcast Scaling Dam this afternoon. @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social
A linnet enjoying the sunshine near St Abbs Head in #Berwickshire last week
A nice surprise on the patch the other morning was a pair of Twite amongst the 50 or so Linnet... #BirdingScotland
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A small passerine bird, the common linnet ( syn. ), in the finch family , native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa.
“Linnet, ringed plover, and new oystercatchers in the making helped brighten a quiet, dull and overcast Scaling Dam this afternoon. @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social”
— Bluesky· May 2026“A linnet enjoying the sunshine near St Abbs Head in #Berwickshire last week”
— Bluesky· May 2026“A nice surprise on the patch the other morning was a pair of Twite amongst the 50 or so Linnet... #BirdingScotland”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(US) A house finch (), of North America.
“4:44 AM "The Salamanca/The Banshee/The Sailor's Bonnet" by 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐝 from 1975 (Green Linnet) #nowplaying”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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- lintie67%
Scottish diminutive for the linnet (Linaria cannabina), a small finch whose melodious song made it a favourite caged bird. In Scots poetry and song, 'lintie' is a fond term of endearment for a sweet-voiced woman or child, as in Burns's 'bonnie wee lintie'. Now mainly literary and nostalgic in register.
- finch64%
Any bird of the family , seed-eating passerine birds, native chiefly to the Northern Hemisphere and usually having a conical beak.
- greenfinch64%
Any bird within the genus (formerly a subset of the genus ), small passerine songbirds with yellow-green plumage, found throughout Europe and Asia.
- lintie63%
(archaic, Scotland) A linnet.