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: any of a family (Troglodytidae) of small typically brownish oscine singing birds
especially
: a very small widely distributed bird (Troglodytes troglodytes) that has a short erect tail and is noted for its song
2
: any of various small singing birds resembling the true wrens in size and habits
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But here, Trisha Snider captured a wren grasping onto gray-head coneflowers like stilts, its beak open in song.
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Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 June 2024
Examples included house wrens (Troglodytes aedon) and urbane digger bees (Anthophora urbana).
—Discover Magazine, 15 June 2024
Hidden in the lush surrounding terrain, southern house wrens croon their scratchy wake-up call and whistling kiskadees compete with bellowing Howler monkeys.
—Terry Ward, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2023
Wren nesting update As predicted, our house wren eggs began to hatch on May 4.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 May 2024
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Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 June 2024
Examples included house wrens (Troglodytes aedon) and urbane digger bees (Anthophora urbana).
—Discover Magazine, 15 June 2024
Hidden in the lush surrounding terrain, southern house wrens croon their scratchy wake-up call and whistling kiskadees compete with bellowing Howler monkeys.
—Terry Ward, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2023
Wren nesting update As predicted, our house wren eggs began to hatch on May 4.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 May 2024
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wren
noun1
: any of a family of small mostly brown singing birds with short rounded wings and a short tail that points upward
2
: any of various small singing birds resembling the true wrens in size and habits
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