ROBIN


Meaning of ROBIN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈrä-bən ]

noun

Etymology: akin to Dutch dialect robijntje linnet, Frisian robyntsje

Date: 1549

1.

a. : a small chiefly European thrush ( Erithacus rubecula ) resembling a warbler and having a brownish-olive back and orangish face and breast

b. : any of various Old World songbirds that are related to or resemble the European robin

2. : a large North American thrush ( Turdus migratorius ) with olivaceous to slate-gray upperparts, blackish head and tail, black and whitish streaked throat, and dull reddish breast and underparts

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