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rob·in

(rŏb′ĭn)

1. A North American songbird (Turdus migratorius) having a rust-red breast and gray and black upper plumage. Also called robin redbreast.

2. A small songbird (Erithacus rubecula) of Eurasia and Africa having olive-brown upper plumage and a conspicuous orange breast and face. Also called robin redbreast, ruddock.

3. Any of various birds resembling a robin.

[Short for Robin Redbreast, from Middle English Robin, personal name, from Old French, diminutive of Robert.]

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robin

(ˈrɒbɪn)

1. (Animals) Also called: robin redbreast a small Old World songbird, Erithacus rubecula, related to the thrushes: family Muscicapidae. The male has a brown back, orange-red breast and face, and grey underparts

2. (Animals) a North American thrush, Turdus migratorius, similar to but larger than the Old World robin

3. (Animals) any of various similar birds having a reddish breast

[C16: arbitrary use of given name]

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rob•in

(ˈrɒb ɪn)

n.

1. a large North American thrush, Turdus migratorius, having a chestnut-red breast and abdomen.

2. any of several small Old World birds having a red or reddish breast, esp. Erithacus rubecula, of Eurasia.

3. any of various other birds considered robinlike in plumage or habit, as certain Neotropical thrushes of the genus Turdus.

Also called rob′in red′breast (for defs. 1,2).

[1540–50; short for robin redbreast, late Middle English (Scots)]

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Noun	1.	robin - small Old World songbird with a reddish breast Erithacus rubecola, Old World robin, redbreast, robin redbreast thrush - songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast Erithacus, genus Erithacus - Old World thrushes
	2.	robin - large American thrush having a rust-red breast and abdomen American robin, Turdus migratorius thrush - songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast genus Turdus, Turdus - type genus of the Turdidae

Translations

أَبُو الـحِنَّاءأبو الحِنّاء: طائِر ذو ريشٍ أحْمَر

červenkadrozddrozd stěhovavý

rødkælkvandredrossel

Rotkehlchen Wanderdrossel Robin

κοκκινολαίμης

Ruĝgorĝulo

petirrojoRobin

punarind

punarintapunarintarastas

rouge-gorge merle américain Robin

crvendać

vörösbegyrigó

faròrösturglóbrystingur

pettirossoRobinpetizione

コマドリ

울새

liepsnelėstrazdas klajoklis

Amerikas strazdssarkanrīklīte

roodborstjeRobin

rødstrupe vandretrost rødkjelke

rudzikRobin

tordo

малиновка зарянка

červienka

taščica

rödhake

นกสีน้ำตาลขนาดเล็กมีอกสีแดง

kızıl ardıç kuşukızılgerdannar bülbülü

chim cổ đỏ

知更鸟欧鸲

robin

[ˈrɒbɪn] N (= bird) → petirrojo m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

robin

[ˈrɒbɪn] n → rouge-gorge m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

robin

n → Rotkehlchen nt ? round robin

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

robin

[ˈrɒbɪn] n → pettirosso

robin

(ˈrobin) noun

1. a small European bird with a red breast.

2. an American thrush with an orange-red breast.

robin

→ أَبُو الـحِنَّاء červenka rødkælk Rotkehlchen κοκκινολαίμης petirrojo punarinta rouge-gorge crvendać pettirosso コマドリ 울새 roodborstje rødstrupe rudzik tordo малиновка rödhake นกสีน้ำตาลขนาดเล็กมีอกสีแดง kızılgerdan chim cổ đỏ 知更鸟

References in classic literature ?

"Why, marry," replied Robin, "this fellow would not let me pass the footbridge, and when I tickled him in the ribs, he must needs answer by a pat on the head which landed me overboard."

"Nay, let him go free," said Robin. "The fight was a fair one and I abide by it.

"Why," said Robin, "my men and even the Sheriff of Nottingham know me as Robin Hood, the outlaw."

"Nay, never say it!" cried Robin, "I am glad I fell in with you; though, "sooth to say, I did all the falling!"

"But you have not yet told us your name," said Robin, bethinking himself.

"Give him a bow, and find a full sheath of arrows for Little John," said Robin joyfully.

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IN MERRY ENGLAND in the time of old, when good King Henry the Second ruled the land, there lived within the green glades of Sherwood Forest, near Nottingham Town, a famous outlaw whose name was Robin Hood.

Not only Robin himself but all the band were outlaws and dwelled apart from other men, yet they were beloved by the country people round about, for no one ever came to jolly Robin for help in time of need and went away again with an empty fist.

And now I will tell how it came about that Robin Hood fell afoul of the law.

When Robin was a youth of eighteen, stout of sinew and bold of heart, the Sheriff of Nottingham proclaimed a shooting match and offered a prize of a butt of ale to whosoever should shoot the best shaft in Nottinghamshire.

Sweet was the greenwood as he walked along its paths, and bright the green and rustling leaves, amid which the little birds sang with might and main: and blithely Robin whistled as he trudged along, thinking of Maid Marian and her bright eyes, for at such times a youth's thoughts are wont to turn pleasantly upon the lass that he loves the best.

Then one of them, with his mouth full, called out to Robin, "Hulloa, where goest thou, little lad, with thy one-penny bow and thy farthing shafts?"