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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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Despite their fanciful names, fairy wrens are commonplace in Australia.
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Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
This mosquito tends to live in hardwood bogs and feeds on birds like robins, herons, and wrens, spreading the virus among them.
—Zoya Teirstein, WIRED, 7 Sep. 2024
The problem is that, unlike sparrows and wrens—not to mention every other species on the planet—rocks are seldom found in the habitat in which they were formed.
—Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2024
But here, Trisha Snider captured a wren grasping onto gray-head coneflowers like stilts, its beak open in song.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 June 2024
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Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
This mosquito tends to live in hardwood bogs and feeds on birds like robins, herons, and wrens, spreading the virus among them.
—Zoya Teirstein, WIRED, 7 Sep. 2024
The problem is that, unlike sparrows and wrens—not to mention every other species on the planet—rocks are seldom found in the habitat in which they were formed.
—Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2024
But here, Trisha Snider captured a wren grasping onto gray-head coneflowers like stilts, its beak open in song.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 June 2024
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“Wren.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wren. Accessed 22 Nov. 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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