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lintie

nounanimals

small brown finch, the twite

a small brown finch — the twite, a common passerine in Shetland

Example in use

Ah seen a wee lintie on the dyke.

Pronunciation

Say it like this

/LIN-tee/

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Origin & context

scotscurrentneutral

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