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wren.

Troglodytes troglodytes (Eurasian wren, type species and sole Old World species of the family Troglodytidae).

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Meaning & usage

noun/ɹɛn/
  1. Troglodytes troglodytes (Eurasian wren, type species and sole Old World species of the family Troglodytidae).

  2. Any member of a mainly New World passerine bird family Troglodytidae; a true wren.

  3. Any small bird of similar appearance to a true wren, such as a fairywren or scrubwren.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English wrenne, wranne, from Old English wrenna, wrænna, werna, wærna, wrenne (“wren”), from Proto-West Germanic *wrandijō, from Proto-Germanic *wrandijô (“wren”). Cognate with Old Saxon wrendilo (“wren”), Old High German rento, rentilo (“wren”), Danish rindel (“wren”), Icelandic rindill (“wren”).

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