burion

English

Alternative forms

• burrion

Etymology

From Mexican Spanish burrión, perhaps alteration of Spanish gorrión (“sparrow”).

Noun

burion (plural burions)

1. (archaic) A red-breasted house sparrow of California (Haemorhous mexicanus, formerly Carpodacus mexicanus, Carpodacus frontalis).

Synonyms

• house finch

References

• “burion”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Rubino, Urbino