robin
See also: Robin
English
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A European robin, Erithacus rubecula
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An American robin, Turdus migratorius
Etymology
Short for robin redbreast. Also from Middle English robynet, robynett (“robin (bird)”), from the Middle English name Robynett, a diminutive of the Middle English name Robyn (“Robin”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹɒb.ɪn/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒbɪn
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹɑb.ɪn/
- Rhymes: -ɑbɪn
- Hyphenation: rob‧in
Noun
robin (plural robins)
- Any of various passerine birds (about 100 species) of the families Muscicapidae, Turdidae and Petroicidae (formerly Eopsaltriidae), typically with a red breast.
- A European robin, Erithacus rubecula.
- 1922, Michael Arlen, “Ep./4/2”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days:
- As they turned into Hertford Street they startled a robin from the poet's head on a barren fountain, and he fled away with a cameo note.
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- An American robin, Turdus migratorius.
- A European robin, Erithacus rubecula.
Usage notes
The American robin is larger and quite different from the European one: English settlers in America named it from its red breast.
Synonyms
- (all senses): redbreast, robin redbreast
- (the European robin): ruddock
Derived terms
Translations
any bird called robin in English
Erithacus rubecula
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Turdus migratorius
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See also
References
European robin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Erithacus rubecula on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Erithacus rubecula on Wikispecies.Wikispecies American robin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Turdus migratorius on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Turdus migratorius on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Catalan
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁɔ.bɛ̃/
Etymology 1
Familiar form of Robert.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “robin” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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