Definition of American robin

1. Noun. Large American thrush having a rust-red breast and abdomen.

Exact synonyms: Robin, Turdus Migratorius
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

American pasqueflower
American pennyroyal
American persimmon
American pit bull terrier
American plaice
American plan
American plane
American pulsatilla
American quaking aspen
American raspberry
American rattlebox
American red elder
American red plum
American red squirrel
American redstart
American robin (current term)
American robins
American rock brake
American sable
American saddle horse
American shrew mole
American sign language
American smelt
American smokewood
American smooth dogfish
American spelling
American spellings
American spicebush
American spikenard

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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