robin
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- noun
- /ˈrɑːbɪn/
- US
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petirrojo americano
- I am still waiting for the first robin to appear while the hummingbirds are becoming less and less common.
Yes, America, Robin might well lay an egg for you, but over here, he flies away.
- Yes, America, Robin might well lay an egg for you, but over here, he flies away.
Examples
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Every morning, two robins come to my garden to search for insects on the grass.
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Out on the lawn, the robin beat its shabby wings and was swept away on the breeze.
Fiction book (1991) -
This is where the robin has his nest.
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The robin brings worms to its chicks in the nest on my windowsill.
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Trees appeared more often, with more leaves, and grasslarks and robins sang in the branches.
Fiction book (1991) -
The robins are singing.
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I saw Mose jump off that trestle and fly away from it just as pretty as any robin I've seen around here in the springtime.
Fiction book (1994) -
Some of them hatch, and Sluggo feeds them—little robins, sparrows, and finches—until they're big enough to fly from the window ledge.
Fiction book (2001) -
In early spring, I often hear the cheerful song of the robin in my backyard.
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The robin is easily recognizable by its bright orange-red chest and melodious call.
Synonyms
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A large North American bird with a red breast called the American robin
A common North American songbird with a red-orange chest
Idioms
Compounds
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A small brown bird with a bright red breast often seen in gardens and woods
A small bird with dull brown-gray feathers that lives in Mexico and Central America
A low plant with white flowers that lives for many years in southeastern United States woods
- Specialized
A fish with bony plates and chin whiskers that lives near the continental slope
- Specialized
A large sea fish with big front fins that stirs sand to find food
A small plant often grown in hanging baskets with trailing stems, rounded leaves and small purple flowers
A small European bird with a red breast that sings and lives in gardens and woods
- Specialized
A wildflower with dark purple flowers without stems that grows in central United States prairies
- Specialized
A fish that lives on the sea floor, often near shores, with a bony head and winglike fins
- US
A woodland plant with three leaves and one three-petaled flower common in North America
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word robin for the North American bird was given by early European settlers who saw a similar reddish chest and used the same familiar name as the European robin. So the American bird kept the name robin because its breast is also red.