noun
common American wren that nests around houses
• Syn: ↑Troglodytes aedon
• Hypernyms: ↑wren, ↑jenny wren
• Member Holonyms: ↑Troglodytes, ↑genus Troglodytes
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noun : a common wren (Troglodytes aedon) that nests about houses and walls throughout the United States and migrates south in winter
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a common American wren, Troglodytes aedon, that nests around houses. See illus. under wren.
[1800-10, Amer.]
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house wren,
a plain greyish-brown wren of eastern North America that nests in birdhouses, or almost any protected place; brown wren.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.