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- a small European songbird of the thrush family with a red breast and brown back and wings.
[Erithacus rubecula.]
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(also American robin)
a large North American thrush with an orange-red breast.
[Turdus migratorius.]
- used in names of numerous similar or related birds, e.g. Pekin robin.
Etymology
C16: from OFr., familiar form of the given name Robert.