Robin

rob′in, n. the Rob′in-red′breast , a well-known and widely-spread singing bird of the family Sylviidæ , with a reddish-orange breast: the red-breasted thrush of North America: the sea-robin or red-breasted merganser: a trimming in front of a dre .— ns. Rob′in-breast , the robin-snipe; Rob′in-dip′per , the buffle-headed duck; Rob′inet , a chaffinch: a little robin: a tap; Rob′in-Good′fellow , the English name of a domestic spirit or brownie, described as the offspring of a woman and Oberon, king of the fairies: an elf or fairy generally, Puck; Rob′in-run-in-the-hedge , the ground-ivy: the bed-straw; Rob′in-snipe , the red-breasted sandpiper; Rob′in's-rye , the hair-cap mo . [A familiar form of Robert ; cf. Jack -daw, Mag -pie.]