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Wren

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

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.]
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wren
cactus wren
Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus

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. winterkoninkieصَعْو: طائِر صَغير مُغَرِّدорехчеstřízlíkgærdesmutteder Zaunkönigτρυποφράχτης (μικρόσωμο πουλί)reyezuelokäblikسسک؛ نوعی چکاوکpeukaloinenroiteletגִדרוֹןपिटपिटीpalčićökörszemburung pipitmúsarrindillscriccioloみそさざい굴뚝새karetaitė, traškutispaceplītis; zeltgalvītis; žubītesejenis burung yang sangat kecilwinterkoninkjegjerdesmettstrzyżykcarriçapitu­liceкрапивникoriešokpalčekcarićgärdsmygนกในตระกูล Troglodytidae ร้องเพลงได้ ขนสีน้ำตาลเข้มคาดดำอยู่ที่ปลายหางด้านบนçit kuşu, çalı kuşu鷦鷯волове очкоایک قسم کی بہت چھوٹی چڑیاchim 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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