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Wren

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Wren  (rn)
n.
A member of the British Women's Royal Naval Service.

Wren, Sir Christopher 1632-1723.
English architect who designed more than 50 London churches, most notably Saint Paul's Cathedral (1675-1710). His secular works include the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford (1664-1669) and Trinity College Library in Cambridge (1676-1684).

wren  (rn)
n.
1. Any of various small brownish songbirds of the family Troglodytidae, having rounded wings, a slender bill, and a short, often erect tail.
2. Any of various similar unrelated songbirds.

[Middle English wrenne, from Old English wrenna.]

wren
Noun
a very small brown songbird [Old English wrenna]

Wren
Noun
Informal (formerly, in Britain and certain other nations) a member of the former Women's Royal Naval Service [from abbreviation WRNS]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.WrenWren - English architect who designed more than fifty London churches (1632-1723)
2.Wrenwren - any of several small active brown birds of the northern hemisphere with short upright tails; they feed on insects
passeriform bird, passerine - perching birds mostly small and living near the ground with feet having 4 toes arranged to allow for gripping the perch; most are songbirds; hatchlings are helpless
Troglodytes troglodytes, winter wren - small wren of coniferous forests of northern hemisphere
house wren, Troglodytes aedon - common American wren that nests around houses
marsh wren - a wren of the genus Cistothorus that frequents marshes
Salpinctes obsoletus, rock wren - wren inhabiting badlands and mesa country of western United States and Mexico
Carolina wren, Thryothorus ludovicianus - large United States wren with a musical call
cactus wren - large harsh-voiced American wren of arid regions of the United States southwest and Mexico
Translations
WREN [rɛn] n abbr (BRIT) → miembro del WRNS
wren [rɛn] n (ZOOL) → reyezuelo

WREN [rɛn] n abbr (Brit) → membre du WRNS
wren [rɛn] n (Zool) → troglodyte m

Wren (Brit) n abbrweibliches Mitglied der britischen Marine
wren [rɛn] n (Zool) → Zaunkönig m

WREN [rɛn] n abbr (BRIT) → membro del WRNS
wren [rɛn] n (ZOOL) → scricciolo

wren
n wren [ren]
a type of very small bird. winterkoninkie صَعْو: طائِر صَغير مُغَرِّد орехче střízlík gærdesmutte der Zaunkönig τρυποφράχτης (μικρόσωμο πουλί) reyezuelo käblik سسک؛ نوعی چکاوک peukaloinen roitelet גִדרוֹן पिटपिटी palčić ökörszem burung pipit músarrindill scricciolo みそさざい 굴뚝새 karetaitė, traškutis paceplītis; zeltgalvītis; žubīte sejenis burung yang sangat kecil winterkoninkje gjerdesmett strzyżyk carriça pitu­lice крапивник oriešok palček carić gärdsmyg นกในตระกูล Troglodytidae ร้องเพลงได้ ขนสีน้ำตาลเข้มคาดดำอยู่ที่ปลายหางด้านบน çit kuşu, çalı kuşu 鷦鷯 волове очко ایک قسم کی بہت چھوٹی چڑیا chim hồng tước 鹪鹩


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Wren was in an open carriage with his son James, a lad of thirteen.
When the young wrens heard that, they were frightfully angry, and screamed:
This is what your loving Jenny Wren calls the best time in the day and night,' said the person of the house.
 
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