house wren

House Wren — Taxobox name = House Wren image width = 200px image caption = Northern House Wren status = LC status system = iucn3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves subclassis = Neornithes infraclassis = Neognathae superordo = Neoaves ordo =… …   Wikipedia

house wren — noun common American wren that nests around houses • Syn: ↑Troglodytes aedon • Hypernyms: ↑wren, ↑jenny wren • Member Holonyms: ↑Troglodytes, ↑genus Troglodytes * * * …   Useful english dictionary

house wren — a common American wren, Troglodytes aedon, that nests around houses. See illus. under wren. [1800 10, Amer.] * * * …   Universalium

northern house wren — naminė karietaitė statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Troglodytes aedon angl. northern house wren vok. Nördlicher Hauszaunkönig, m rus. домовый крапивник, m pranc. troglodyte familier, m ryšiai: platesnis terminas – tikrosios …   Paukščių pavadinimų žodynas

southern house wren — pietinė karietaitė statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Troglodytes musculus angl. southern house wren vok. Südlicher Hauszaunkönig, m pranc. troglodyte austral, m ryšiai: platesnis terminas – tikrosios karietaitės …   Paukščių pavadinimų žodynas

Wren — (r[e^]n), n. [OE. wrenne, AS. wrenna, wr[ae]nna, perhaps akin to wr[=ae]ne lascivious.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of small singing birds belonging to {Troglodytes} and numerous allied of the family {Troglodytid[ae]} …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Wren babbler — Wren Wren (r[e^]n), n. [OE. wrenne, AS. wrenna, wr[ae]nna, perhaps akin to wr[=ae]ne lascivious.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of small singing birds belonging to {Troglodytes} and numerous allied of the family… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Wren tit — Wren Wren (r[e^]n), n. [OE. wrenne, AS. wrenna, wr[ae]nna, perhaps akin to wr[=ae]ne lascivious.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of small singing birds belonging to {Troglodytes} and numerous allied of the family… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Wren warbler — Wren Wren (r[e^]n), n. [OE. wrenne, AS. wrenna, wr[ae]nna, perhaps akin to wr[=ae]ne lascivious.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of small singing birds belonging to {Troglodytes} and numerous allied of the family… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

wren´like´ — wren «rehn», noun. 1. a small brown or grayish songbird with rounded wings, a slender bill, and a short tail, often held erect, such as the house wren and the Carolina wren of North America. Wrens often build their nests near houses. 2. any one… …   Useful english dictionary

wren — [ren] n. [ME wrenne < OE wrenna, prob. akin to OHG rentilo, ON rindill] 1. any of a large family (Troglodytidae) of small, insect eating passerine birds having a long bill, rounded wings, and a stubby, erect tail; esp., the house wren (… …   English World dictionary