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OLD WORLD ROBIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Old World robin mean?
• OLD WORLD ROBIN (noun)
The noun OLD WORLD ROBIN has 1 sense:
1. small Old World songbird with a reddish breast
Familiarity information: OLD WORLD ROBIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small Old World songbird with a reddish breast
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Erithacus rubecola; Old World robin; redbreast; robin; robin redbreast
Hypernyms ("Old World robin" is a kind of...):
thrush (songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast)
Holonyms ("Old World robin" is a member of...):
Erithacus; genus Erithacus (Old World thrushes)
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