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robin


noun

  1. any of several small Old World birds having a red or reddish breast, especially Erithacus rubecula, of Europe.
  2. a large American thrush, Turdus migratorius, having a chestnut-red breast and abdomen.
  3. any of several similar thrushes of the New World tropics, not necessarily having reddish underparts, as T. grayi (clay-colored robin), of Mexico and Central America.

noun

  1. a male or female given name: derived from Robert.

noun

  1. Also called: robin redbreast a small Old World songbird, Erithacus rubecula, related to the thrushes: family Muscicapidae . The male has a brown back, orange-red breast and face, and grey underparts
  2. a North American thrush, Turdus migratorius, similar to but larger than the Old World robin
  3. any of various similar birds having a reddish breast
n.

common European songbird, 1540s, shortening of Robin Redbreast (mid-15c.), from masc. personal name Robin. It ousted the native ruddock. In North America, the name was applied to the red-breasted thrush by 1703. Robin’s egg as a shade of blue is attested from 1881.

masc. proper name, from Old French Robin, diminutive of Robert (q.v.). Robin Goodfellow “sportive elf of the English countryside,” is first attested 1530s, popular 16-17c.; Robin Hood is at least from late 14c.

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