Definitionn. small finch originally of the western United States and Mexico
Last update: August 11, 2015
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Griinfink), or GREEN LINNET, as it is very often called, a common European bird, the Fringilla chloris of Linnaeus, ranked by many systematists with one section of hawfinches, Coccothraustes, but apparently more nearly allied to the other section Hesperiphona, and perhaps justifiably deemed the type of a distinct genus, to which the name Chloris or Ligurinus has been applied. [Please select]
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In the United States we have no wild linnet, though we sometimes hear song-birds called by that name. [Please select]
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The English linnet is a little sparrow with striped back and a purple crown and breast. [Please select]
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I have just served up a Linnet shot two days ago. [Please select]
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I cover the linnet's head with a paper hood which will prevent invasion through the beak and eyes. [Please select]
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She inspects the linnet from end to end; with her front tarsi she fumbles at the breast and belly. [Please select]
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And who would notice a linnet when a bird of paradise was about, however sweet her voice. [Please select]
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