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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

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

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. The bird Erythacus rubecula, the robin-redbreast of Europe. See robin
  2. n. . A gold coin: also called red ruddock or golden ruddock.
  3. n. A kind of apple.

Wiktionary

  1. n. obsolete The European robin.
  2. n. obsolete A piece of gold money (probably because the gold of coins was often reddened by copper alloy).

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. (Zoöl.) The European robin.
  2. n. obsolete A piece of gold money; -- probably because the gold of coins was often reddened by copper alloy. Called also red ruddock, and golden ruddock.

Etymologies

  1. Anglo-Saxon ruddic; compare Welsh rhuddog the redbreast. See rud. (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English ruddok, from Old English rudduc; see reudh- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • sionnach An Old World robin (Erithacus rubecula) having olive-brown upper plumage and a conspicuous orange breast. May 4, 2008

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