red linnet
British regional
noun
1The linnet, Acanthis cannabina.
2The goldfinch, Carduelis carduelis.
Origin
Mid 18th century; earliest use found in Eleazar Albin (d.?1742), naturalist and watercolour painter.
- manchester
- Manchester goods
- Manchesterian
- Manchesterise
- Manchesterism
- Manchesterize
- Manchester school
- Manchester Ship Canal
- Manchester terrier
- Manchester, William
- manchet
- manchette
- man-child
- manchineel
- Manchu
- Manchuria
- Manchurian
- Manchurian Candidate
- Manchurian crane
- Manchurian ermine
- Manchurian sika
- Manchurian tiger
- Manchurian wapiti
- Manchu-Tungus
- mancia