roodborstlijster

Dutch

A roodborstlijster, robin

Etymology

From rood (“red”) +‎ borst (“breast, chest”) +‎ lijster (“thrush”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈroːtbɔrstlɛi̯stər/
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  • Hyphenation: rood‧borst‧lijs‧ter

Noun

roodborstlijster f (plural roodborstlijsters, diminutive roodborstlijstertje n)

  1. (zoology) Turdus migratorius, a thrush species (after a charactistic red chest) robin (not the more common, smaller namesake)
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