Robin /(?)/
Rob·in
Robin
n.
- A small European singing bird (Erythacus rubecula), having a reddish breast; -- called also robin redbreast, robinet, and ruddock. (Zool.)
Phrases & Compounds
- Beach robin
- the robin snipe, or knot. See Knot.
- Blue-throated robin
- See Bluethroat.
- Canada robin
- the cedar bird.
- Golden robin
- the Baltimore oriole.
- Ground robin
- the chewink.
- Indian robin
- any one of several species of Asiatic saxoline birds of the genera Thamnobia and Pratincola. They are mostly black, usually with some white on the wings.
- Magrie robin
- an Asiatic singing bird (Corsycus saularis), having the back, head, neck, and breast black glossed with blue, the wings black, and the belly white.
- Ragged robin
- See under Ragged.
- Robin accentor
- a small Asiatic singing bird (Accentor rubeculoides), somewhat resembling the European robin.
- Robin redbreast
- The European robin
- Robin snipe
- The red-breasted snipe, or dowitcher
- Robin's plantain
- See under Plantain.
- Sea robin
- Any one of several species of American gurnards of the genus Prionotus. They are excellent food fishes. Called also wingfish. The name is also applied to a European gurnard.
- Water robin
- a redstart (Ruticulla fuliginosa), native of India.