brambling

noun

bram·​bling

ˈbram(b)liŋ,

-lə̇n

plural -s

: a brightly colored finch (Fringilla montifringilla) that breeds in the northern parts of Europe and Asia and migrates southward in winter and is often kept as a cage bird

called also bramble finch

Word History

Etymology

probably from bramble + -ing

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