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rud⋅dock

[ruhd-uhk]
–noun British Dialect.
robin (def. 1).
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rud·dock   (rŭd'ək)   
n.   Chiefly British
An Old World robin (Erithacus rubecula) having olive-brown upper plumage and a conspicuous orange breast.

[Middle English ruddok, from Old English rudduc; see reudh- in Indo-European roots.]
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