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WINTER WREN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does winter wren mean? 

WINTER WREN (noun)
  The noun WINTER WREN has 1 sense:

1. small wren of coniferous forests of northern hemisphereplay

  Familiarity information: WINTER WREN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WINTER WREN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Small wren of coniferous forests of northern hemisphere

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Troglodytes troglodytes; winter wren

Hypernyms ("winter 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 ("winter wren" is a member of...):

genus Troglodytes; Troglodytes (type genus of the Troglodytidae)


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