Linnet

  1. Proper noun.  (given name, female) derived from the linnet bird. Occasionally recorded since the 19th century.
  2. Noun.  A small passerine bird in the finch family ''Fringillidae'' that derives its scientific name from its fondness for hemp, and its English name from its liking for seeds of flax, from which linen is made.

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