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Brambling

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A finch (Fringilla montifringilla) of northern Eurasia, having black, white, and rust-brown plumage.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The European mountain finch (Fringilla montifringilla); -- called also bramble finch and bramble.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A common European conirostral oscine passerine bird, of the family Fringillidæ, Fringilla montifringilla, or mountain-finch, closely related to and resembling the chaffinch, F. cælebs, but larger. Also called bramble-finch.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. Eurasian finch

Word Usage

"A brambling en route to more temperate climes from its breeding grounds in the north flicks low over the grass, the long white flash on the rump making it easy to pick out."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

finch

Variant

bramble finch bramble

Verb Stem

bramble