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Definition of 'wren'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) wren
any of various small, active songbirds of the family Troglodytidae, with streaked or spotted brown-gray plumage, a slender bill, and, in many species, elaborate vocal repertoires: found only in the New World with the exception of Troglodytes troglodytes, of North America, Eurasia, and NW Africa.

2. wren
any of various similar, unrelated songbirds, as Australasian flycatchers of the subfamily Malurinae and New Zealand birds of the family Acanthisittidae.

3. (n.) Wren
Sir Christopher, 1632–1723, English architect.

Definition of 'wren'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) Wren, Sir Christopher Wren
English architect who designed more than fifty London churches (1632-1723)

2. (noun) wren, jenny wren
any of several small active brown birds of the northern hemisphere with short upright tails; they feed on insects

Definition of 'wren'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) wren
any one of numerous species of small singing birds belonging to Troglodytes and numerous allied of the family Troglodytidae

2. (noun) wren
any one of numerous species of small singing birds more or less resembling the true wrens in size and habits

Translation of 'wren'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a type of very small bird.
Afrikaans: winterkoninkie	Arabic: صَعْو: طائِر صَغير مُغَرّ	Bulgarian: орехче
Brazilian: cambaxirra	Czech: střízlík	German: der Zaunkönig
Danish: gærdesmutte	Greek: τρυποφράχτης (μικρόσωμο π	Spanish: reyezuelo
Estonian: käblik	Farsi: سسک؛ نوعی چکاوک	Finnish: peukaloinen
French: roitelet	Hebrew: גִדרוֹן	Hindi: पिटपिटी
Croatian: palčić	Hungarian: ökörszem	Indonesian: burung pipit
Icelandic: músarrindill	Italian: scricciolo	Japanese: みそさざい
Korean: 굴뚝새	Lithuanian: karetaitė, traškutis	Latvian: paceplītis; zeltgalvītis;
Malay: sejenis burung yang sanga	Dutch: winterkoninkje	Norwegian: gjerdesmett
Polish: strzyżyk	Persian: سسک؛ نوعی چکاوک	Pashto: چتي، چتكى، يو ډول دبلبل د
Portuguese: carriça	Romanian: pitulice	Russian: крапивник
Slovak: oriešok	Slovenian: palček	Serbian: carić
Swedish: gärdsmyg	Thai: นกในตระกูล Troglodytidae	Turkish: çit kuşu, çalı kuşu
Taiwanese: 鷦鷯	Ukrainian: волове очко	Urdu: ایک قسم کی بہت چھوٹی چڑیا
Vietnamese: chim hồng tước	Chinese: 鹪鹩
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