red-headed linnet
noun
US any of several finches of the genus Carpodacus with red or rosy heads; especially the house finch C. mexicana (now rare ).
Origin
Late 17th century; earliest use found in John Ray (1627–1705), naturalist and theologian.
- metamerization
- metamerized
- metamerous
- metamery
- metamessage
- meta-metalanguage
- metamict
- metamictization
- metamictness
- metamodel
- metamorphic
- metamorphical
- metamorphise
- metamorphism
- metamorphize
- metamorphogenic
- metamorphopsia
- metamorphose
- metamorphosic
- metamorphosis
- metamorphosise
- metamorphosist
- metamorphosize
- metamyelocyte
- metamylene