ruddock

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  1. noun Chiefly British An Old World robin (Erithacus rubecula) having olive-brown upper plumage and a conspicuous orange breast.

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  1. Middle English ruddok, from Old English rudduc; see reudh- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Formerly also ruddoc, rudock; also di̤al, reddock, raddock; from Middle English ruddocke, ruddok, roddok, from Anglo-Saxon rudduc, ruduc, a ruddock; apparently with diminutive suffix -uc, English -ock, from rudu, redness (see rud, n.); otherwise from Welsh rhuddog = Corn, ruddoc, a redbreast; but these may be from the Anglo-Saxon, and are in any case ult. connected with rud, ruddy.
 

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