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Sense 1

Meaning:

Small Old World finch whose male has a red breast and forehead

Synonyms:

Carduelis cannabina; linnet; lintwhite

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("linnet" is a kind of...):

finch (any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds)

Holonyms ("linnet" is a member of...):

Carduelis; genus Carduelis (in some classifications considered the type genus of a subfamily Carduelinae of the family Fringillidae: goldfinches; siskins; redpolls; linnets)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Small finch originally of the western United States and Mexico

Synonyms:

Carpodacus mexicanus; house finch; linnet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("linnet" is a kind of...):

finch (any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds)

Holonyms ("linnet" is a member of...):

Carpodacus; genus Carpodacus (house finches and purple finches)

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