Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A migratory finch (Fringilla montifringilla) of northern Eurasia, having black, white, and rust-brown plumage.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun 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 .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The European mountain finch (
Fringilla montifringilla ); -- called alsobramble finch andbramble .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun Eurasian finch
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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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.
Country diary: South Uist Christine Smith 2010
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For his first weekend he's off to a Tudor estate in Essex for a spot of glamping, fly fishing, brambling and al fresco dining.
Tonight's TV highlights Previews by David Stubbs 2010
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But sarra one of me cares a brambling ram, pomp porteryark!
Finnegans Wake 2006
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The Gaffer's eyes wandered from a brambling hopping about the lichen-covered boulders, and away to the sea-fowl wheeling above the ships: and then came into his mind a tale he had read once in
Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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Your account of the greater brambling, or snow-fleck, is very amusing; and strange it is that such a short-winged bird should delight in such perilous voyages over the northern ocean.
The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 Gilbert White 1756
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More than 2,600 linnets, 100 yellowhammers, 229 reed buntings and 1,200 skylarks have been recorded along with smaller numbers of brambling, tree sparrows and chaffinches.
BBC News - Home 2010
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Other birds like snipe, brambling, lapwing and willow tit will struggle to find suitable habitats further north.
Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming RSS Newsfeed 2009
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