"redbreast" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: redbreasts [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English redbreste, equivalent to red + breast. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|redbreste}} Middle English redbreste, {{compound|en|red|breast}} red + breast Head templates: {{en-noun}} redbreast (plural redbreasts)
  1. Any of several unrelated birds that have a red breast
    A European robin, Erithacus rubecula.
    Categories (lifeform): Muscicapids, Thrushes
    Sense id: en-redbreast-en-noun-gspXsydi Disambiguation of Muscicapids: 50 50 Disambiguation of Thrushes: 50 50 Categories (other): English bahuvrihi compounds, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English bahuvrihi compounds: 48 52 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 50 50
  2. Any of several unrelated birds that have a red breast
    An American robin, Turdus migratorius.
    Categories (lifeform): Muscicapids, Thrushes
    Sense id: en-redbreast-en-noun-yeEOincR Disambiguation of Muscicapids: 50 50 Disambiguation of Thrushes: 50 50 Categories (other): English bahuvrihi compounds, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English bahuvrihi compounds: 48 52 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: robin redbreast Translations (bird with a red breast): roodborst [masculine] (Dutch), brongoch [feminine, masculine] (Welsh), bronrhuddyn [masculine] (Welsh)
Disambiguation of 'bird with a red breast': 50 50

Inflected forms

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