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Definition of Brambling
1. Noun. Eurasian finch.
Generic synonyms: Finch
Group relationships: Fringilla, Genus Fringilla
Definition of Brambling
1. n. The European mountain finch (Fringilla montifringilla); -- called also bramble finch and bramble.
Definition of Brambling
1. Noun. A finch, ''Fringilla montifringilla'' of northern Eurasia; the male has a black head in summer and an orange breast with white belly and a long white rump. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Brambling
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Medical Definition of Brambling
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Brambling
Literary usage of Brambling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Illustrated Manual of British Birds by Howard Saunders (1899)
"THE brambling. FRING/LLA , Linnaeus. This species is said to pass through the
Shetlands on both migrations, but its appearance is decidedly irregular in the ..."
2. Coloured Illustrations of British Birds, and Their Eggs by Henry Leonard Meyer (1846)
"MOUNTAIN FINCH, OR brambling. FRINGILLA MONTIFRINGILLA. THIS bird is a native of
the northern and mountainous parts of Europe and Asia, and inhabits, ..."
3. Fauna Orcadensis: Or, The Natural History of the Quadrupeds, Birds, Reptiles by George Low (1813)
"... which it repeats every now and then, sitting on a bush or stalk of mugwort in
the fields. % Species 2.—The Greater brambling. Great Pied Mountain Finch, ..."
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