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noun
The wren, Troglodytes troglodytes, especially as considered (in nursery-rhymes, etc.) as the wife or sweetheart of robin redbreast.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
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noun
a female blue wren, or a male blue wren in non-breeding plumage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia
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noun
Synonym of herb Robert.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
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Synonyms: herb Robert
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noun
any of several small active brown birds of the northern hemisphere with short upright tails; they feed on insects
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: wren
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Broader terms: passerine, passeriform bird
Narrower terms: winter wren, Troglodytes troglodytes, house wren, Troglodytes aedon, marsh wren, rock wren, Salpinctes obsoletus, Carolina wren, Thryothorus ludovicianus, cactus wren
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