rud|dock

rud|dock
rud|dock «RUHD uhk», noun, plural -docks or (collectively) -dock.
the European robin: »

The sweet And shrilly ruddock, with its bleeding breast (Thomas Hood).

[Old English rudduc, related to rudu red; see etym. under rud (Cf.rud)]

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