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    LINTWHITE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    Carduelis cannabina; linnet; lintwhite

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    Nouns denoting animals

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

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

    Holonyms ("lintwhite" 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)

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