burion

== English == === Alternative forms === burrion === Etymology === From Mexican Spanish burrión, perhaps alteration of Spanish gorrión (“sparrow”). === Noun === burion (plural burions) (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