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RUBECULA

\ɹuːbˈɛkjʊlə], \ɹuːbˈɛkjʊlə], \ɹ_uː_b_ˈɛ_k_j_ʊ_l_ə]\

Definitions of RUBECULA

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language

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r[=oo]-bek'[=u]-la, n. a genus of birds, such as the robin redbreast. [L. rub[=e]re, to be red.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
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