OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 28322

linnet

/ˈlɪnɪt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
pardillo
A small passerine bird, the common linnet (Linaria cannabina syn. Carduelis cannabina), in the finch family Fringillidae, native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa.
I heard a linnet courting His lady in the spring […]
⁠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…
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