Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as brandling.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) A young salmon or parr, in the stage in which it has transverse black bands, as if burned by a gridiron.
  • noun A small red worm or larva, used as bait for small fresh-water fish; -- so called from its red color.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A small red worm or larva, used as bait for fish.

Etymologies

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From its red colour. See brand.

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