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ROBIN REDBREAST

Dictionary entry overview: What does robin redbreast mean?

• ROBIN REDBREAST (noun)
The noun ROBIN REDBREAST has 1 sense:

1. small Old World songbird with a reddish breast

Familiarity information: ROBIN REDBREAST used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ROBIN REDBREAST (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Small Old World songbird with a reddish breast

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Erithacus rubecola; Old World robin; redbreast; robin; robin redbreast

Hypernyms ("robin redbreast" is a kind of...):

thrush (songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast)

Holonyms ("robin redbreast" is a member of...):

Erithacus; genus Erithacus (Old World thrushes)

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