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Look up Robin or robin in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. |
Robin may refer to:
Biology[edit]
- Sea robin, a fish with small "legs" (actually spines)
Birds[edit]
- European robin (Erithacus rubecula)
- Many members of the subfamily Saxicolinae (Old World chats), to which the robin belongs, including the two other members of the genus Erithacus, the bush-robins, white-throated robin, forest robin, Indian robin, and the magpie-robins
- Some red-breasted New-World true thrushes (Turdus) of the family Turdidae, including:
- American robin (T. migratorius) (so named by 1703)
- Rufous-collared robin (T. rufitorques)
- Rufous-backed robin (T. rufopalliatus)
- Formerly other American thrushes, such as the clay-colored thrush (T. grayi)
Other "robins" are unrelated red-breasted songbirds:
- Australasian robins, of the family Petroicidae
- Pekin robin or Japanese (hill) robin, archaic names for the red-billed leiothrix (Leiothrix lutea)
Military[edit]
- HMS Robin, the name of two Royal Navy ships and a shore establishment
- USS Robin, the name of four U.S. Navy ships
Transportation[edit]
- Reliant Robin, a three-wheeled car built by Reliant
- SS Robin, the world's oldest complete steam coaster (a class of steamship)
Air[edit]
- Robin, one of Apex Aircraft's brands
- Curtiss Robin, monoplane introduced in 1928
- Robin Aircraft, French manufacturer of light aeroplanes
Culture[edit]
Fictional characters[edit]
- Robin (character), Batman's crime fighting partner in the DC Comic Universe.
- Robin Hood, an outlaw in English folklore
- Sir Robin, the cowardly knight from the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail
- The default name for the player's avatar in Fire Emblem Awakening
Other media[edit]
- "Robin" (The Hooded Man), a 1984 hit song by the Irish group Clannad
- Robin (magazine), a British children's magazine published from 1953 to 1969
- Robin (TV series), cartoon created by Magnus Carlsson
People[edit]
- Guillaume Robin, 15th-century French architect
- Robin (name), a common given name and a surname
- Jean Robin (writer) (born 1946), French writer specializing in occult
- Robin (singer) (born 1998), Finnish teen pop singer (full name Robin Packalen)
Other uses[edit]
- Robin (answering machine), sales name of a 1985 answering machine
See also[edit]
- Robins (disambiguation)
- Robyn (born 1979), Swedish singer
- Round-robin (disambiguation)
- All pages beginning with Robin
- All pages with a title containing Robin
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