winter wren

American  

noun

1. (in the Western Hemisphere) a small wren, Troglodytes troglodytes, of coniferous forests.

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Etymology

Origin of winter wren

An Americanism dating back to 1800–10

Example Sentences

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winter wren

The next, straight in front, is the passage to the nest of the winter wren.

From Little Brothers of the Air by Miller, Olive Thorne

An old hemlock wood at the head waters of the Delaware is a chosen haunt of the winter wren.

From Bird Stories from Burroughs Sketches of Bird Life Taken from the Works of John Burroughs by Fuertes, Louis Agassiz

My next meeting with a winter wren occurred on the fifteenth of February, in the same hollow, but about an eighth of a mile nearer the river.

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

We saw numerous marks of both bears and deer; but no birds, save at long intervals the winter wren flitting here and there, and darting under logs and rubbish like a mouse.

From In the Catskills Selections from the Writings of John Burroughs by Burroughs, John

There was some scant compensation in the presence of the winter wren one winter in the Sunflower state.

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