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HOUSE WREN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does house wren mean?
• HOUSE WREN (noun)
The noun HOUSE WREN has 1 sense:
1. common American wren that nests around houses
Familiarity information: HOUSE WREN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Common American wren that nests around houses
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
house wren; Troglodytes aedon
Hypernyms ("house 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 ("house wren" is a member of...):
genus Troglodytes; Troglodytes (type genus of the Troglodytidae)
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