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Define the word redbreast

"Redbreast" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"

Redbreast \Red"breast`\ (-br?st`), n.
   1. (Zool.)
      (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.
          [1913 Webster]

   2. (Zool.) The long-eared pondfish. See Pondfish.
      [1913 Webster]

"redbreast" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"

redbreast
     n : small Old World songbird with a reddish breast [syn: robin,
          robin redbreast, Old World robin, Erithacus rubecola]