linnet

English Thesaurus

1. small Old World finch whose male has a red breast and forehead (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	finch,
definition	:	any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	carduelis, genus carduelis,
definition	:	in some classifications considered the type genus of a subfamily Carduelinae of the family Fringillidae: goldfinches; siskins; redpolls; linnets (noun.animal)

2. small finch originally of the western United States and Mexico (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	finch,
definition	:	any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	carpodacus, genus carpodacus,
definition	:	house finches and purple finches (noun.animal)