brambling

bram·bling

B0452600 (brăm′blĭng)n. A migratory finch (Fringilla montifringilla) of northern Eurasia, having black, white, and rust-brown plumage.

[Probably from Old English *bræmbling : bræmbel, bramble + -ling, one connected with; see -ling¹.]

brambling

(ˈbræmblɪŋ) n (Animals) 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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Noun

brambling - Eurasian finch Fringilla montifringillafinch - any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seedsFringilla, genus Fringilla - type genus of the Fringillidae: chaffinch, brambling

Translations

Brambling

(Fringilla montifringilla), a bird of the family Fringillidae, order Passeriformes. It is shiny black with rusty orange and white. The brambling is found in the forest zones of Europe and Asia from the shores of the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. A migratory bird, it arrives in March and April. It builds its nest in trees, mainly in spruce and birches. Each clutch contains five to seven eggs. The brambling eats plant seeds and insects.

brambling

noun

Synonyms for brambling

noun Eurasian finch

Synonyms

Fringilla montifringilla

Related Words

finch
Fringilla
genus Fringilla

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