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Meaning of REDBREAST

Pronunciation:  'red`brest

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  small Old World songbird with a reddish breast
 
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 Synonyms: Erithacus rubecola, Old World robin, robin, robin redbreast
 
 See Also: Erithacus, genus Erithacus, thrush

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Red"breast`\ (-br?st`), n.
1. (Zo["o]l.)
   (a) The European robin.
   (b) The American robin. See {Robin}.
   (c) The knot, or red-breasted snipe; -- called also {robin
       breast}, and {robin snipe}. See {Knot}.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The long-eared pondfish. See {Pondfish}.
 

 

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