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

The more common species are the house wren, the marsh wren, the great Carolina wren, and the winter wren, the latter perhaps deriving its name from the fact that it breed in the North.

From Wake-Robin by Burroughs, John

The only creatures in all God's world possessing the right to utter aloud a single syllable are the loon, far away, and the winter wren, near at hand.

From The Forest by White, Stewart Edward

One of the events of the day was the sight of the winter wren, the first time he had been seen this winter.

From Some Winter Days in Iowa by Lazell, Frederick John

And in this connection I remember, and am not likely ever to forget, a winter wren who favored me with what I thought the most bewitching bit of vocalism to which I had ever listened.

From A Florida Sketch-Book by Torrey, Bradford

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)