REDBREAST

robin, redbreast, robin redbreast, Old World robin, Erithacus rubecola

(noun) small Old World songbird with a reddish breast

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

redbreast (plural redbreasts)

Any of several unrelated birds that have a red breast

A European robin, Erithacus rubecula.

An American robin, Turdus migratorius.

Anagrams

• bestarred

Source: Wiktionary


Red"breast` (-brst`), n.

1. (Zoöl.) (a) The European robin. (b) The American robin. See Robin. (c) The knot, or red-breasted snipe; -- called also robin breast, and robin snipe. See Knot.

2. (Zoöl.)

Definition: The long-eared pondfish. See Pondfish.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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