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発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈɹɒ.bɪn/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈɹɑ.bɪn/
• 韻: -ɒbɪn
• ハイフネーション: rob‧in

名詞

robin (plural robins)

1. Any of various passerine birds (about 100 species) of the families Muscicapidae, Turdidae and Petroicidae (formerly Eopsaltriidae), typically with a red breast.
   1. A European robin, Erithacus rubecula.
      • 1922, Michael Arlen, “Ep./4/2”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days:

        As they turned into Hertford Street they startled a robin from the poet's head on a barren fountain, and he fled away with a cameo note.

   2. An American robin, Turdus migratorius.
2. (historical) A trimming in front of a dress.

使用する際の注意点

The American robin is larger and quite different from the European one: English settlers in America named it from its red breast.

同意語

• (all senses): redbreast, robin redbreast
• (the European robin): ruddock

派生語

参照

• European robin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Category:Erithacus rubecula on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Erithacus rubecula on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• American robin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Category:Turdus migratorius on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Turdus migratorius on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

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名詞

robin (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) A toxalbumin obtained from the locust tree.

派生語

• antirobin

関連する語

• robinin

参考

• round-robin

アナグラム

• Biron, Brion, inorb