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brambling /ˈbramblɪŋ /nounA northern Eurasian finch with a white rump, related to the chaffinch. The male has a black head and orange breast in summer.- Fringilla montifringilla, family Fringillidae.
As I write, the old Bramley apple in our garden is occupied by a variety of finches: greenfinches, chaffinches and bramblings....- Like bramblings, siskins tend to winter in widely different areas in succeeding years.
- In another area, he sows seeds to attract birds like linnets, reed buntings and bramblings.
Origin Mid 16th century: perhaps from or related to the obsolete German synonym Brämling, related to bramble, or a variant of brandling (because both are streaked). Rhymes rambling |