单词 | pine linnet |
释义 | > as lemmaspine linnet 2. Applied, with qualifications, to birds of other genera. green linnet, the greenfinch (see green adj. and n.1 Compounds 1d(b)). pine linnet, a siskin of North America, Chrysomitris (or Spinus) pinus. ΚΠ 1868 J. G. Wood Homes without Hands xxix. 550 The Indigo Bird or Blue Linnet of America (Spiza cyanea). 1884 J. Burroughs Fresh Fields (1895) vi. 140 The greenfinch or green linnet is an abundant bird everywhere. 1886 J. Burroughs Signs & Seasons (1895) ii. 41 The pine grosbeak and the pine linnet are both nurslings of this tree. pine linnet pine linnet n. U.S. (now rare) = pine siskin n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Fringillidae (finch) > [noun] > subfamily Carduelinae > genus Carduelis > carduelis pinus (pine siskin) pine finch1810 pine linnet1839 pine goldfinch1877 pine siskin1887 1839 J. J. Audubon Synopsis Birds N. Amer. 115 Pine Linnet... Wanders during winter to South Carolina, Louisiana, and Kentucky. 1941 E. T. Seton Trail of Artist-naturalist 151 I was out every fine day, and nearly always got or saw something—crows, juncos, shrikes, pine linnets, chickadees. 2000 South Bend (Indiana) Tribune (Nexis) 24 June c2 Chewink, high-hole and pine linnet are names no longer familiar to modern birders. < as lemmas |
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