redbreast
noun
red·breast
ˈred-ˌbrest 
1
: a bird (such as a robin) with a reddish breast
2
: a reddish-bellied sunfish (Lepomis auritus) of the eastern U.S.
called also red-breasted bream
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The tannic Blackwater River holds healthy redbreast populations and world-class river fishing for shellcrackers, the local term for redear sunfish—a whopper can break the 3-pound mark.
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The Editors, Field & Stream, 24 Feb. 2020
The same side has yielded scores of sunfish — redbreasts and bluegills, some weighing a pound or more.
—Shannon Tompkins, Houston Chronicle, 12 May 2018
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The Editors, Field & Stream, 24 Feb. 2020
The same side has yielded scores of sunfish — redbreasts and bluegills, some weighing a pound or more.
—Shannon Tompkins, Houston Chronicle, 12 May 2018
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“Redbreast.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/redbreast. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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redbreast
noun
red·breast
-ˌbrest
: a bird (as a robin) with a reddish breast
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