Definition of Wren

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Definition of Wren

Wren

Any one of numerous species of small singing birds belonging to Troglodytes and numerous allied of the family Troglodytidae.

Any one of numerous species of small singing birds more or less resembling the true wrens in size and habits.

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Wren Quotations

You cannot fly like an eagle with the wings of a wren.
Henry Hudson

Fool that I was, upon my eagle's wings I bore this wren, till I was tired with soaring, and now he mounts above me.
John Dryden

There was an old man with a beard, who said: 'It is just as I feared! Two owls and a hen, four larks and a wren have all built their nests in my beard.
Edward Lear

Wren Translations

wren in Dutch is winterkoninkje
wren in French is troglodyte
wren in Italian is scricciolo
wren in Spanish is reyezuelo

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