linnet
/ˈlɪnɪt/
词源链
- 英语English
linnet
词源说明
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).
释义
名词noun
- 1A small passerine bird, the common linnet (Linaria cannabina syn. Carduelis cannabina), in the finch family Fringillidae, native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa.
- 2USA house finch (Haemorhous mexicanus), of North America.