Dictionary![]() ![]() rob•inPronunciation: (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•inPronunciation: (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.
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