noun the common european linnet.
2. redpoll ·noun the american redpoll warbler (dendroica palmarum).
3. redpoll ·noun any one of several species of small northern finches of the genus acanthis (formerly aegiothus), native of europe and america. the adults have the crown red or rosy. the male of the most common species (a. linarius) has also the breast and rump rosy. called also redpoll linnet. ·see ·illust. under linnet.