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rob·in
(rŏb′ĭn)n.
1. A North American songbird (Turdus migratorius) having a rust-red breast and gray and black upper plumage. Also called robin redbreast.
2. A small songbird (Erithacus rubecula) of Eurasia and Africa having olive-brown upper plumage and a conspicuous orange breast and face. Also called robin redbreast, ruddock.
3. Any of various birds resembling a robin.
[Short for Robin Redbreast, from Middle English Robin, personal name, from Old French, diminutive of Robert.]
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robin
(ˈrɒbɪn)n
1. (Animals) 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. (Animals) a North American thrush, Turdus migratorius, similar to but larger than the Old World robin
3. (Animals) any of various similar birds having a reddish breast
[C16: arbitrary use of given name]
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rob•in
(ˈrɒb ɪn)n.
1. a large North American thrush, Turdus migratorius, having a chestnut-red breast and abdomen.
2. any of several small Old World birds having a red or reddish breast, esp. Erithacus rubecula, of Eurasia.
3. any of various other birds considered robinlike in plumage or habit, as certain Neotropical thrushes of the genus Turdus.
Also called rob′in red′breast (for defs. 1,2).[1540–50; short for robin redbreast, late Middle English (Scots)]
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Noun | 1. | robin - small Old World songbird with a reddish breast thrush - songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast Erithacus, genus Erithacus - Old World thrushes |
2. | robin - large American thrush having a rust-red breast and abdomen thrush - songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast genus Turdus, Turdus - type genus of the Turdidae |
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Translations
أَبُو الـحِنَّاءأبو الحِنّاء: طائِر ذو ريشٍ أحْمَر
červenkadrozddrozd stěhovavý
rødkælkvandredrossel
Ruĝgorĝulo
petirrojoRobin
punarind
punarintapunarintarastas
crvendać
vörösbegyrigó
faròrösturglóbrystingur
pettirossoRobinpetizione
コマドリ
울새
liepsnelėstrazdas klajoklis
Amerikas strazdssarkanrīklīte
roodborstjeRobin
rudzikRobin
červienka
taščica
rödhake
นกสีน้ำตาลขนาดเล็กมีอกสีแดง
kızıl ardıç kuşukızılgerdannar bülbülü
chim cổ đỏ
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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robin
n → Rotkehlchen nt ? round robin
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
robin
(ˈrobin) noun1. a small European bird with a red breast.
2. an American thrush with an orange-red breast.
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robin
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