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Latin
Etymology
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Derived in some way from the root of rubeō (“to be red”).
Noun
rubisca f (genitive rubiscae); first declension
- (New Latin, ornithology) The European robin
- (New Latin, ornithology) The titmouse
Declension
First-declension noun.
References
- "rubisca", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “rubisca”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC