robbin

noun

rob·​bin

British spelling of robin

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 robin

2

: 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

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