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CACTUS WREN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cactus wren mean?
• CACTUS WREN (noun)
The noun CACTUS WREN has 1 sense:
1. large harsh-voiced American wren of arid regions of the United States southwest and Mexico
Familiarity information: CACTUS WREN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large harsh-voiced American wren of arid regions of the United States southwest and Mexico
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("cactus wren" is a kind of...):
jenny wren; wren (any of several small active brown birds of the northern hemisphere with short upright tails; they feed on insects)
Holonyms ("cactus wren" is a member of...):
Campylorhynchus; genus Campylorhynchus; genus Heleodytes; Heleodytes (alternative classifications for the cactus wrens)
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