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6 letters · 6 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun small finch originally of the western United States and Mexico
noun small Old World finch whose male has a red breast and forehead
originFrom Old French linette, from lin (“flax”), from the bird's fondness for the seeds of flax, the source of linen and Old English līnete, līnetwige (“linnet”) (> dialectal English lintwhite).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0