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

Just then an unseen bird broke out into a song, and by the time he had finished I was saying to myself, A winter wren!

From Birds in the Bush by Torrey, Bradford

There is a piece of swampy woodland in Jefferson, New Hampshire, midway between the hotels and the railway station, which, for me, will always be associated with the song of the winter wren.

From Birds in the Bush by Torrey, Bradford

What of the tiny winter wren which spends the zero weather with us?

From The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year by Beebe, William

From one side comes the chirp of the winter wren, from the other, low, excited calls of veeries, and nothing but absolute quiet seems necessary to capture some of the charming secrets of their lives.

From Little Brothers of the Air by Miller, Olive Thorne

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