Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An Asiatic flycatcher, Xanthopygia fuliginosa. See robin, 3, and cut under Xanthopygia.

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Examples

  • The third common bird of Himalayan streams is the plumbeous redstart or water-robin (_Rhyacornis fuliginosus_).

    Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916

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