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winter wren

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winter wren
n.
A small wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) having a short tail and black bars on the belly.
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Noun1.winter wrenwinter wren - small wren of coniferous forests of northern hemisphere
Troglodytes troglodytes
jenny wren, wren - any of several small active brown birds of the northern hemisphere with short upright tails; they feed on insects
genus Troglodytes, Troglodytes - type genus of the Troglodytidae


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Limmershin, the Winter Wren, told me the tale when he was blown on to the rigging of a steamer going to Japan, and I took him down into my cabin and warmed and fed him for a couple of days till he was fit to fly back to St.
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