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Definition of American robin
1. Noun. Large American thrush having a rust-red breast and abdomen.
Generic synonyms: Thrush
Group relationships: Genus Turdus, Turdus
Definition of American robin
1. Noun. A New World passerine bird; ''Turdus migratorius''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of American Robin
Literary usage of American robin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1898)
"... BREEDING HABITS OF THE American robin (MER If LA MIGRATORIA) IN EASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS. BY REGINALD HEBER HOWE, JR. ARRIVAL AND DATES OF NESTING. ..."
2. A Trip to the Tropics and Home Through America by John Douglas Sutherland Campbell Argyll (1867)
"A Eide to Winchester — Moveable Family Mansion — American robin — Snapping
Turtle—Amusement at the Fremont—A Fenian Waiter—The States and their ..."
3. Sporting Adventures in the New World, Or, Days and Nights of Moose-hunting by Campbell Hardy (1855)
"... the Indians—Nova Scotian Game—The American Woodcock—Snipe—The Birch Partridge—The
American robin—Cockney Sportsmen —Abundance of Sport in Nova Scotia. ..."
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