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short-billed marsh wren

[ shawrt-bild, -bild ]
/ ˈʃɔrtˌbɪld, -ˈbɪld /

noun

sedge wren.

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Nearby words

  1. short title,
  2. short ton,
  3. short wave,
  4. short waves,
  5. short-acting,
  6. short-change,
  7. short-circuit,
  8. short-commons,
  9. short-cut,
  10. short-dated

Origin of short-billed marsh wren

First recorded in 1870–75
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