redbreast

redbreast
/red"brest'/, n.
1. the European robin, Erithacus rubecula.
2. the North American robin, Turdus migratorius.
3. any of various other birds, as a dowitcher or knot.
4. a freshwater sunfish, Lepomis auritus, of the eastern U.S.
[1375-1425; late ME; see RED1, BREAST]

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