house wren

American  

noun

1. a common American wren, Troglodytes aedon, that nests around houses.

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Etymology

Origin of house wren

An Americanism dating back to 1800–10

Example Sentences

The following incident will furnish positive proof of the jay's cannibalistic proclivities: One spring my little boy brought home from the country a young house wren, thinking it would make a delightful pet.

From Our Bird Comrades by Keyser, Leander S. (Leander Sylvester)

What can be more unsuitable, untractable, for a nest in a hole or cavity than the twigs the house wren uses?

From Ways of Nature by Burroughs, John

The song bore some resemblance to that of the house wren, but had not so rolling and gurgling a quality, and was pitched to a slightly higher and finer key.

From Our Bird Comrades by Keyser, Leander S. (Leander Sylvester)

Being a house wren, Rusty was naturally on the best of terms with all the people in the farmhouse.

From The Tale of Jolly Robin by Smith, Harry L.

The house wren will carry a twig three inches long through a hole of half that diameter.

From Ways of Nature by Burroughs, John