Definition of Old world robin

1. Noun. Small Old World songbird with a reddish breast.

Exact synonyms: Erithacus Rubecola, Redbreast, Robin, Robin Redbreast
Generic synonyms: Thrush
Group relationships: Erithacus, Genus Erithacus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Old World Robin

Old World coot
Old World coral snake
Old World crayfish
Old World flycatcher
Old World hop hornbeam
Old World jay
Old World least weasel
Old World leishmaniasis
Old World mistletoe
Old World monkey
Old World monkeys
Old World oriole
Old World porcupine
Old World quail
Old World rabbit
Old World robin
Old World scops owl
Old World vulture
Old World warbler
Old World yew
Old world white pelican
Oldenberg
Oldfield
Oldham
Oldsmobile
Olduvai Gorge
Olea cunninghamii
Olea europaea
Olea lanceolata
Oleaceae

Literary usage of Old world robin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader by William Holmes McGuffey (1907)
"NOTE The old world robin here referred to is quite different in appearance and habits from the American Robin. It is only about half the size of the latter. ..."

2. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge edited by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"... the titmice (parina), the erytha- eina (like the blue bird, and the old world robin, pratincole, and redstart), ..."

3. French Memories of Eighteenth-century America by Charles Hitchcock Sherrill (1915)
"... so usual in the Old World. Robin says: "These farmers, simpler than our peasants, have neither the rusticity nor the boorishness of the latter; ..."

4. Animal Memoirs by Samuel Lockwood (1888)
"... imperious ways, as children love the buttercup, ignorant of its acrid juices. We saw this feature also predominant in the old world robin ..."

5. Readings in Natural History by Samuel Lockwood (1888)
"... imperious ways, as children love the buttercup, ignorant of its acrid juices. We saw this feature also predominant in the old world robin ..."

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