Robin

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

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

II. Robin ·noun A small European singing bird (Erythacus rubecula), having a reddish breast;

— called also robin redbreast, robinet, and ruddock.

III. Robin ·noun Any one of several species of Australian warblers of the genera Petroica, Melanadrays, and allied genera; as, the scarlet-breasted robin (Petroica mullticolor).

IV. Robin ·noun An American singing bird (Merula migratoria), having the breast chestnut, or dull red. The upper parts are olive-gray, the head and tail blackish. Called also robin redbreast, and migratory thrush.