robin
Any of various passerine birds (about 100 species) of the families Muscicapidae, Turdidae and Petroicidae (formerly Eopsaltriidae), typically with a red breast.
Other meanings
A European robin, Erithacus rubecula.
An American robin, Turdus migratorius.
Word history
From Middle English "robynet".
Where this comes from
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