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brandling

noun

Etymology

From brand + -ling.

  1. derived from *brandaz✻ — “sword, firebrand, torch”
  2. suffixed as brandling — “brand + ling”

Definitions

  1. The young or parr of the salmon, so named from its markings being, as it were, branded.

  2. A small, red earthworm, Eisenia fetida, used for bait in freshwater fishing.

    • And you also find another kind of worm called a brandling, which is striped and smells like an earwig, and which is very good bait for perch.

  3. A surname.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA