Sinhala Dictionary definitions for linnet
linnet 🔊 /lɪˈnɪt/
linnet : කුරුලු වර්ගයක්
linnet definition
Noun. Any one of several species of fringilline birds of the genera Linota, Acanthis, and allied genera, Especially. the common European species (L. cannabina), which, in full summer plumage, is chestnut brown above, with the breast more or less crimsoNoun. The feathers of its head are grayish brown, tipped with crimsoNoun. Called also gray linnet, red linnet, rose linnet, brown linnet, lintie, lintwhite, gorse thatcher, linnet finch, and greater redpoll. The American redpoll linnet (Acanthis linaria) often has the crown and throat rosy. See Redpoll, and Twite.