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Definition of greater redpoll

greater redpoll
Linnet Lin"net (l[i^]n"n[e^]t), n. [F. linot, linotte, from L. linum flax; or perh. shortened from AS. l[=i]netwige, fr. AS. l[=i]n flax; -- so called because it feeds on the seeds of flax and hemp. See Linen.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of fringilline birds of the genera Linota, Acanthis, and allied genera, esp. the common European species (L. cannabina), which, in full summer plumage, is chestnut brown above, with the breast more or less crimson. The feathers of its head are grayish brown, tipped with crimson. Called also gray linnet, red linnet, rose linnet, brown linnet, lintie, lintwhite, gorse thatcher, linnet finch, and greater redpoll. The American redpoll linnet (Acanthis linaria) often has the crown and throat rosy. See Redpoll, and Twite. Green linnet (Zo["o]l.), the European green finch.

Meaning of greater redpoll from wikipedia

- fur seal Antarctic petrel Antarctic tern Arctic fox Arctic hare Arctic redpoll Arctic tern Arctic warbler Arctic wolf Atlantic puffin Baird's sandpiper...
- species divided into fifty genera. It includes the canaries, siskins, redpolls, serins, grosbeaks and euphonias, as well as the morphologically divergent...
- northern harrier, northern shrike, osprey, pied-billed grebe, ptarmigan, redpoll, red-necked grebe, red phalarope, sandpipers and plovers, sharp-shinned...
- Leucosticte arctoa Oriental greenfinch, Chloris sinica Common redpoll, Acanthis flammea ****y redpoll, Acanthis hornemanni (A) Red crossbill, Loxia curvirostra...
- southwestern US; introduced in the east) Purple finch, Haemorhous purpureus (B) Redpoll, Acanthis flammea Red crossbill, Loxia curvirostra White-winged crossbill...
- (pardillo común), Linaria cannabina Common redpoll (pardillo norteño), Acanthis flammea (A) Lesser redpoll (pardillo alpino), Acanthis cabaret (A) Red...
- greenfinch Spinus pinus, pine siskin Acanthis hornemanni, ****y redpoll Acanthis flammea, common redpoll Leucosticte arctoa, Asian rosy finch Carpodacus sibiricus...
- lesser whitethroat, whitethroat, coal tit, willow warbler and the lesser redpoll. The open marsh landscape was recreated during the Second World War due...
- bouts of flapping and gliding on closed wings, and most sing well. Arctic redpoll, Acanthis hornemanni Asian crimson-winged finch, Rhodopechys sanguineus...
- purpureus (B) C****in's finch, Haemorhous c****inii (B) Common redpoll, Acanthis flammea (B) ****y redpoll, Acanthis hornemanni Red crossbill, Loxia curvirostra...