Winnet vs. Linnet

Winnetnoun

A small piece of faeces stuck to the hairs around the anus of a mammal.

Linnetnoun

A small passerine bird, the common linnet (Linaria cannabina, syn. Carduelis cannabina), in the finch family Fringillidae, native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa.

Linnetnoun

(US) A house finch (Haemorhous mexicanus), of North America.

Linnetnoun

Any one of several species of fringilline birds of the genera Linota, Acanthis, and allied genera, esp. the common European species (Linota cannabina), which, in full summer plumage, is chestnut brown above, with the breast more or less crimson. The feathers of its head are grayish brown, tipped with crimson. 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.

Linnetnoun

small finch originally of the western United States and Mexico

Linnetnoun

small Old World finch whose male has a red breast and forehead