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# linnet

«linnet» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small brown songbird of the finch family; the male has…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a linnet, linnets)

### meaning for a pupil

A linnet is a small brown songbird of the finch family; the male has a pinkish-red chest and head in spring. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/linnet/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Nature and science lessons in the UK and Ireland; old poems and songs mention linnets for their sweet song. It tells the reader about birds of hedges and heaths.

### examples

- A linnet sang on the gorse bush. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/linnet/#x1)
- The male linnet has a red chest in spring. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/linnet/#x2)
- Linnets eat small seeds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/linnet/#x3)
- We spotted a flock of linnets on the farm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/linnet/#x4)
- Old poems compare a happy singer to a linnet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/linnet/#x5)
- The linnet is a kind of finch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/linnet/#x6)

### note

Plural: linnets. Double «n».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «linnet» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/linnet/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.