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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

- and red-necked phalarope. Non-migratory land birds include the arctic redpoll, ptarmigan, short-eared owl, snowy owl, gyrfalcon and white-tailed eagle...
- northern harrier, northern shrike, osprey, pied-billed grebe, ptarmigan, redpoll, red-necked grebe, red phalarope, sandpipers and plovers, sharp-shinned...
- species divided into fifty genera. It includes the canaries, siskins, redpolls, serins, grosbeaks and euphonias, as well as the morphologically divergent...
- Leucosticte arctoa Oriental greenfinch, Chloris sinica Common redpoll, Acanthis flammea ****y redpoll, Acanthis hornemanni (A) Red crossbill, Loxia curvirostra...
- purpureus (B) C****in's finch, Haemorhous c****inii (B) Common redpoll, Acanthis flammea (B) ****y redpoll, Acanthis hornemanni 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...
- Eurasian linnet, Linaria cannabina Common redpoll, Acanthis flammea Lesser redpoll, Acanthis cabaret (A) ****y redpoll, Acanthis hornemanni Parrot crossbill...
- hermit Reddish myzomela Reddish scops owl Reddish-winged bare-eye Redhead Redpoll Redthroat Redwing Reed cormorant Reed parrotbill Reeves's pheasant Regal...
- Linaria cannabina Common redpoll (gråsisik), Acanthis flammea Lesser redpoll (brunsisik), Acanthis cabaret ****y redpoll (polarsisik), Acanthis hornemanni...
- fur seal Antarctic petrel Antarctic tern Arctic fox Arctic hare Arctic redpoll Arctic tern Arctic warbler Arctic wolf Atlantic puffin Baird's sandpiper...