house wren

Other forms: house wrens

Definitions of house wren
  1. noun
    common American wren that nests around houses
    synonyms: Troglodytes aedon
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    type of:
    jenny wren, wren
    any of several small active brown birds of the northern hemisphere with short upright tails; they feed on insects
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