Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name of the genus of birds of which Erythacus rubecula, the European robin-redbreast, is the typical species: same as
Erythacus .
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Examples
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British robins Erithacus rubecula melophilus are tiny round birds, like chickadees.
Robin Hatchlings James Gurney 2009
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Ibáñez et al. (2001) did find fresh, recently cut passerine wings (of a Robin Erithacus rubecula and Wood warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix) underneath the bats they were netting, and they also found Robin feathers adhering to the claws of one of the captured bats.
Archive 2006-06-01 Darren Naish 2006
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Actually the small European Robin Erithacus rubecula is no longer classified in the family Turdidae thrushes and chats.
A birdbath mystery AYDIN 2008
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Here in the UK, the robin Erithacus rubecula has a habit of nesting inside mailboxes.
Mailbox robin AYDIN 2007
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One is called by the inhabitants "Cheucau" (Pteroptochos rubecula): it frequents the most gloomy and retired spots within the damp forests.
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One is called by the inhabitants "Cheucau" (Pteroptochos rubecula): it frequents the most gloomy and retired spots within the damp forests.
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One is called by the inhabitants Cheucau (Pteroptochos rubecula): it frequents the most gloomy and retired spots within the damp forests.
Chapter XIII 1909
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There is the little Cheucau (_Pteroptochus rubecula_, Kettl.), to which the Chilotes attach various superstitious ideas, and pretend to foretell good or ill luck from its song.
Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests Johann Jakob von Tschudi 1853
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One is called by the inhabitants "Cheucau" (Pteroptochos rubecula): it frequents the most gloomy and retired spots within the damp forests.
The Voyage of the Beagle Charles Darwin 1845
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Activity juvenile hormone analogue parasitoid, Apanteles rubecula, host, Pieris rapae
xml's Blinklist.com 2008
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