Main Entry:

rob·in

Pronunciation:

\ˈrä-bən\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

akin to Dutch dialect robijntje linnet, Frisian robyntsje

Date:

1549

1 a: a small chiefly European thrush (Erithacus rubecula) resembling a warbler and having a brownish-olive back and orangish face and breast b: any of various Old World songbirds that are related to or resemble the European robin2: a large North American thrush (Turdus migratorius) with olivaceous to slate-gray upperparts, blackish head and tail, black and whitish streaked throat, and dull reddish breast and underparts