bush wren

British

noun

a wren, Xenicus longipes , occurring in New Zealand: family Xenicidae See also rifleman

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

bush wren

Only a bush wren could have hidden its nest more completely—Bruce had been lucky in spying it out.

From McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908 by Various

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023