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Date: 1500-1600
Origin: robin redbreast 'robin', from Robin, form of the male name Robert

robin

 noun
     
Related topics: Birds
rob‧in [countable]
1HBB a small European bird with a red breast and brown back
2HBB a North American bird like a European robin, but larger
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