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Linnet

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house finchnoun(US) A passerine bird of species Haemorhous mexicanus, in the family Fringillidae.
carduelis cannabinanounsmall old world finch whose male has a red breast and forehead
carpodacus mexicanusnounsmall finch originally of the western united states and mexico

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house finchnoun(US) A passerine bird of species Haemorhous mexicanus, in the family Fringillidae.
carduelis cannabinanounsmall old world finch whose male has a red breast and forehead
carpodacus mexicanusnounsmall finch originally of the western united states and mexico
common linnetnounA common small bird (Linaria cannabina), of Europe, western Asia and north Africa.
redfinchnoun(rare) The common linnet (Linaria cannabina).
twitenounA small passerine bird, Linaria flavirostris (syn. Carduelis flavirostris), that breeds in northern Europe and across central Asia.
green linnetnounThe European greenfinch.
lintienoun(archaic, Scotland) A linnet.
lintwhitenoun(archaic) A linnet.
lincoln's sparrownounMelospiza lincolnii, a small sparrow native to North America.
common chaffinchnounA bird of the species Fringilla coelebs, principally native to Europe.
finchnounAny bird of the family Fringillidae, seed-eating passerine birds, native chiefly to the Northern Hemisphere and usually having a conical beak.
chaffinchnounA small passerine bird, Fringilla coelebs, of the finch family, found throughout Europe and eastward to Iran and eastern Mediterranean coastlands.
greenfinchnounEuropean greenfinch, a common Old World finch (Chloris chloris, syn. Carduelis chloris), mainly green with yellow in the wings and tail.
gonoleknounAny of various passerine birds of the genus Laniarius.
fringillinenoun(zoology) Pertaining to the family Fringillidae, the true finches.
mannikinnounAny of several passerine bird species of the genera Lonchura, Heteromunia, Spermestes, Lepidopygia, and Mayrimunia, of the Old World.
european greenfinchnounChloris chloris, a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae.
european goldfinchnounA bird of the species Carduelis carduelis, native to Europe, North Africa and western Asia.
loxianouncrossbill (finch of genus Loxia)

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