robin
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
robin/ˈrɒbɪn/
▶noun
- 1 a small European songbird of the thrush family with a red breast and brown back and wings. [Erithacus rubecula.]
- 2 (also American robin) a large North American thrush with an orange-red breast. [Turdus migratorius.]
- 3 used in names of numerous similar or related birds, e.g. Pekin robin.
– origin C16: from OFr., familiar form of the given name Robert.
'robin' also found in these Oxford entries:
bluethroat
- hob
- hobby
- lychnis
- Puck
- ragged robin
- redbreast
- Robin Goodfellow
- robinia
- robin's-egg blue
- round robin
- sea robin
- wake-robin
