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rob•in



Pronunciation: (rob'in), [key]
—n.
1. any of several small Old World birds having a red or reddish breast, esp. Erithacus rubecula, of Europe.
2. a large American thrush, Turdus migratorius, having a chestnut-red breast and abdomen.
3. any of several similar thrushes of the New World tropics, not necessarily having reddish underparts, as T. grayi (clay-colored robin), of Mexico and Central America. Also called robin redbreast (for defs. 1, 2).

Rob•in



Pronunciation: (rob'in), [key]
—n.
a male or female given name: derived from Robert.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

RobespierreRobin Goodfellow
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