From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishlinnetlin‧net /ˈlɪnɪt/ noun [countable] HBBa small brown singing bird
Examples from the Corpus
linnet• Be it a duck, a sparrow, a linnet or a thrush.• Meadow pipits and skylarks, redpolls and linnets.• Hither, hither, through the sky, Turtledove and linnet, fly!• Two bright goldfinches and one red-breasted linnet were just standing there.• The linnet lifted its beak and uttered a few melancholy notes as she opened the cage door. 