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 winter wren is another marvelous songster, in speaking of whom it is difficult to avoid superlatives.

From Wake-Robin by John Burroughs

The wild goose swam and screamed, and the winter wren caroled his bright song—loudest when there seemed least cause for rejoicing.

From A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. by David Starr Jordan

The day I saw the winter wren I saw two golden-crowned kinglets fly from one sycamore to another in an open field, uttering their fine call-notes.

From The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers by John Burroughs

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 John Burroughs

It may indeed have been the winter wren, but from my own observation I believe the ruby-crowned kinglet quite capable of such a performance.

From Wake-Robin by John Burroughs