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 →

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 →
• The male linnet has a red chest in spring. tree →
• Linnets eat small seeds. tree →
• We spotted a flock of linnets on the farm. tree →
• Old poems compare a happy singer to a linnet. tree →
• The linnet is a kind of finch. tree →

note

Plural: linnets. Double «n».

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «linnet» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.