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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 hemisphere
Familiarity information: WINTER WREN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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