Толковый словарь английского языка - robin
Robin
robin
noun Etymology: akin to Dutch dialect robijntje linnet, Frisian robyntsje Date: 1549 1. a small chiefly European thrush (Erithacus rubecula) resembling a warbler and having a brownish-olive back and orangish face and breast, any of various Old World songbirds that are related to or resemble the European ~, 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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n. 1 (also robin redbreast) a small brown European bird, Erithacus rubecula, the adult of which has a red throat and breast. 2 US a red-breasted thrush, Turdus migratorius. 3 a bird similar in appearance etc. to either of these. Phrases and idioms Robin Hood (with ref. to the legend of the medieval forest outlaw) a person who acts illegally or unfavourably towards the rich for the benefit of the poor. Etymology: ME f. OF, familiar var. of the name Robert ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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