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brambling

[ bram-bling ]
/ ˈbræm blɪŋ /
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noun
an Old World finch, Fringilla montifringilla, the male of which is black and white with a reddish-brown breast.
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Origin of brambling

1560–70; earlier bramlin (bram- (variant of broom) + -lin-ling1); akin to German Brämling

Words nearby brambling

Bram, Bramah, Bramante, bramble, brambleberry, brambling, brambly, Bramley, Brampton, Bramwell, bran
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Words related to brambling

bobble, bungle, stumble, blunder, jumble, muffle

How to use brambling in a sentence

  • In February, 1911, a brambling was brought to me for identification.

    In a Cheshire Garden|Geoffrey Egerton-Warburton

British Dictionary definitions for brambling

brambling
/ (ˈbræmblɪŋ) /
noun
a Eurasian finch, Fringilla montifringilla, with a speckled head and back and, in the male, a reddish brown breast and darker wings and tail
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