"robin" Definition

Definitions for the word "robin" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
A small European singing bird (Erythacus rubecula), having a reddish breast; -- called also robin redbreast, robinet, and ruddock.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
An American singing bird (Merula migratoria), having the breast chestnut, or dull red. The upper parts are olive-gray, the head and tail blackish. Called also robin redbreast, and migratory thrush.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
Any one of several species of Australian warblers of the genera Petroica, Melanadrays, and allied genera; as, the scarlet-breasted robin (Petroica mullticolor).
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
Any one of several Asiatic birds; as, the Indian robins. See Indian robin, below.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
1 (also robin redbreast) small brown red-breasted bird. 2 us red-breasted thrush. [pet form of robert]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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