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linnet

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"Small finch"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈlɪnɪt/Part of speech nounSorted eilnntStarts with LEnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Filled answer is this word (LINNET).

Definitions

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

Word origin

From Old French linette, from lin (“flax”), from the bird's fondness for the seeds of flax, the source of linen and Old English līnete, līnetwige (“linnet”) (> dialectal English lintwhite).

Used in a sentence

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

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