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noun

Robin n. (Zool.)

(a)

A small European singing bird (Erythacus rubecula), having a reddish breast; called also robin redbreast, robinet, and ruddock.

(b)

An American singing bird (Merula migratoria), having the breast chestnut, or dull red. The upper parts are olive-gray, the head and tail blackish. Called also robin redbreast, and migratory thrush.

(c)

Any one of several species of Australian warblers of the genera Petroica, Melanadrays, and allied genera; as, the scarlet-breasted robin (Petroica mullticolor).

(d)

Any one of several Asiatic birds; as, the Indian robins. See Indian robin, below.

Beach robin (Zool.), the robin snipe, or knot. See Knot.

Blue-throated robin. (Zool.) See Bluethroat.

Canada robin (Zool.), the cedar bird.

Golden robin (Zool.), the Baltimore oriole.

Ground robin (Zool.), the chewink.

Indian robin (Zool.), 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 (Zool.), 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. (Bot.) See under Ragged.

Robin accentor (Zool.), a small Asiatic singing bird (Accentor rubeculoides), somewhat resembling the European robin.

Robin redbreast. (Zool.)

(a)

The European robin.

(b)

The American robin.

(c)

The American bluebird.

Robin snipe. (Zool.)

(a)

The red-breasted snipe, or dowitcher.

(b)

The red-breasted sandpiper, or knot.

Robin's plantain. (Bot.) See under Plantain.

Sea robin. (Zool.)

(a)

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.

(b)

The red-breasted merganser, or sheldrake. (Local, U.S.)

Water robin (Zool.), a redstart (Ruticulla fuliginosa), native of India.

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"Robin" Quotes from Famous Books

... seem safe to assume that there is hardly any one who does not know by sight at least a few birds. Nearly every one in the eastern United States and Canada knows the Robin, Crow, and English Sparrow; in the South most people are acquainted with the Mockingbird and Turkey Buzzard; in California the House Finch is abundant about the towns and cities; and to the dwellers in the Prairie States ...

— The Bird Study Book • Thomas Gilbert Pearson

... all, including the commander of the Rough Riders. In his own letter Roosevelt protested against the treatment of his men in the matter of rations, clothing, and hospital accommodations, and in the other letter, called by the officers a Round Robin, there was a protest about remaining in Cuba longer, with the fever getting worse every day. These letters were made public through the press of the United States, with the result that the troops were ...

— American Boy's Life of Theodore Roosevelt • Edward Stratemeyer

... outer London of his time was well-nigh as wild and wooded as the least frequented parts of Warwickshire to-day. The halcyon or kingfisher, the white-breasted water-ouzel, the skylark, the "ruddock" or robin-redbreast, the wren, the green plover, the woodcock—these serve for some of his moods; but he mentions eagle, kite, hawk, buzzard, owl, falcon, cormorant, and a number of others, always with discretion and with the full measure of knowledge vouchsafed to his time. ...

— William Shakespeare - His Homes and Haunts • Samuel Levy Bensusan

... hearing are all inferior. If he were suited to the conditions he could smell an enemy; he could hear him; he could see him, just as the animals can detect their enemies. The robin hears the earthworm burrowing his course under the ground; the bloodhound follows a scent that is two days old. Man isn't even handsome, as compared with the birds; and as for style, look at the Bengal tiger—that ideal of grace, physical perfection, and majesty. Think ...

— Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete - The Personal And Literary Life Of Samuel Langhorne Clemens • Albert Bigelow Paine

... in words like these:—"It is too delightful to think that I shall see the leaves fall and hear the robin sing next autumn at Shrewsbury. My feelings are those of a schoolboy to the smallest point; I doubt whether ever boy longed for his holidays as much as I do to see you all again. I am at present, although nearly half the world is between me and home, ...

— The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Volume I • Francis Darwin

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