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• Robin

  ·noun Any one of several Asiatic birds; as, the Indian robins. ·see Indian robin, below. II. Robin ...

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• robin

  n. The name, in consequence of theirexternal resemblance to the familiar English bird, is applied,i...

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• Sea robin

  ·- ·see under Robin, and Illustration in Appendix. ...

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• Wake-robin

  ·noun Any plant of the genus Arum, especially, in England, the cuckoopint (Arum maculatum). ...

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• cock robin

  A soft, easy fellow. ...

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• round robin

  A mode of signing remonstrances practised by sailors on board the king's ships, wherein their names ...

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• satin-robin

  n. a Tasmanian name for the Satin Fly-catcher, Myiagra nitida, Gould. ...

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• scrub-robin

  n. the modern name for any birdof the genus Drymodes. 1848. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia,' vol. i...

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• shrike-robin

  n. a genus of AustralasianShrikes, Eopsaltria (q.v.). The species are – – Grey-breasted Shrike-Robi...

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• Robin Hood Court

  1) South out of Thames Street, west of Trig Lane, in Queenhithe Ward (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799). ...

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• Robin-wood's Court, Shoe Lane

  See Robin Hood Court. ...

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