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Webster 1913 Edition

Branlin

Bran′lin

,
Noun.
[Scot.
branlie
fr.
brand
.]
(Zool.)
A young salmon or parr, in the stage in which it has transverse black bands, as if burned by a gridiron.

Bran′lin

,
Noun.
[See
Brand
.]
A small red worm or larva, used as bait for small fresh-water fish; – so called from its red color.

Webster 1828 Edition

Branlin

BRAN'LIN

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Noun.
A species of fish of the salmon kind, in some places called the fingry, from five or six black lines or marks on each side resembling fingers. It is found in rapid streams.

Definition 2024

branlin

branlin

English

Noun

branlin ‎(plural branlins)

  1. A small red worm or larva, used as bait for fish.
  2. A young salmon or parr, in the stage in which it has transverse black bands, as if burned by a gridiron.

Etymology

From its red colour. See brand.

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