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AMERICAN ROBIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does American robin mean?
• AMERICAN ROBIN (noun)
The noun AMERICAN ROBIN has 1 sense:
1. large American thrush having a rust-red breast and abdomen
Familiarity information: AMERICAN ROBIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large American thrush having a rust-red breast and abdomen
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
American robin; robin; Turdus migratorius
Hypernyms ("American robin" is a kind of...):
thrush (songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast)
Holonyms ("American robin" is a member of...):
genus Turdus; Turdus (type genus of the Turdidae)
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