emu-wren

British

noun

any Australian wren of the genus Stipiturus, having long plumy tail feathers

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The Emu-Wren, which has tail feathers like Emu feathers, is easily recognized if seen.

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Then there is the emu-wren, all sad-coloured, but quaint, with the tail-feathers sticking up on end, and exactly like those of an emu; on the very smallest scale, even to the peculiarity of two feathers growing out of the same little quill.

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Accordingly in the tribes of South-Eastern Australia which we have been considering the bat and the owl, the emu-wren and the superb warbler, may properly be described as totems of the sexes.

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