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LINTWHITE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lintwhite mean? 

LINTWHITE (noun)
  The noun LINTWHITE has 1 sense:

1. small Old World finch whose male has a red breast and foreheadplay

  Familiarity information: LINTWHITE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LINTWHITE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Carduelis cannabina; linnet; lintwhite

Hypernyms ("lintwhite" is a kind of...):

finch (any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds)

Holonyms ("lintwhite" is a member of...):

Carduelis; genus Carduelis (in some classifications considered the type genus of a subfamily Carduelinae of the family Fringillidae: goldfinches; siskins; redpolls; linnets)


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