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What does Linnet mean?

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Proper noun
  1. A female given name derived from the linnet bird. Occasionally recorded since the 19th century.
Name
  1. A female given name of French and Old French origin.
    1. (meaning, history) From the name of the small bird.
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On his LP The Green Linnet Tim's voice is certainly a touch rounder, but the swirls of long lines are flourished in much the same manner on both recordings.
And he found a number of bird species, such as the corn bunting, tree sparrow, grey partridge, skylark, linnet and yellow wagtail.
Other species in danger are the brown hare, skylark, linnet, reed bunting, tree sparrow, grey partridge, bullfinch, song thrush and grass-wrack pondweed.
Both of the characters feel the terrible pain of aloneness and separateness felt also by both Linnet and Owl of the changeling stories.
Songbirds such as the linnet, yellowhammer, skylark and song thrush to name but a few, are fast disappearing in our gardens and countryside.
She would go home to her own snuggery, with Linnet to share it, with a relieved mind if John Holmes might be taken into a family.

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