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Redbreast
noun
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Noun
- 1 Any of several unrelated birds that have a red breast; A European robin, Erithacus rubecula.
"There was a pleasant frosty sun glittering through the twigs of the leafless shrubs, and flashing on the ripples and undulations of the Liffey, and the redbreasts and sparrows were picking up the crumbs which the housekeeper had thrown for them outside."
- 2 small Old World songbird with a reddish breast wordnet
- 3 Any of several unrelated birds that have a red breast; An American robin, Turdus migratorius.
Etymology
From Middle English redbreste, equivalent to red + breast.
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