robin
1 Americannoun
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any of several small Old World birds having a red or reddish breast, especially Erithacus rubecula, of Europe.
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a large American thrush, Turdus migratorius, having a chestnut-red breast and abdomen.
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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.
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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
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a North American thrush, Turdus migratorius , similar to but larger than the Old World robin
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any of various similar birds having a reddish breast
Etymology
Origin of robin
First recorded in 1540–50; short for robin redbreast
Example Sentences
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For the eyes, she had pressed blue shells from a hatched-out robin’s nest into the soft clay.
From Literature
Canada also beat the British quartet in the round robin this month.
From BBC
The white, blue and robin's egg blue associated with the presidential jet have been in use since the 1960s, when John F Kennedy was president.
From BBC
Sweden believed one of the Canadians was repeatedly double-touching, giving the stone another little prod with his finger to correct its course during Friday's round robin match.
From Barron's
The Olympics only comes once every four years and, no matter what's happened in the round robin, it's a brand new competition in the play-offs.
From BBC
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