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brambling
CIDE DICTIONARY
The European mountain finch (Fringilla montifringilla ); -- called also bramble finch and bramble . [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
brambling, n. the speckled finch, Fringilla montifringilla, native to northern Eurasia, the male having a distinctive red breast.
Etymology
G Br{auml}mling f. WG (cf. BRAMBLE)
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