reed wrenn.

Brit.

/ˈriːd rɛn/, U.S.

/ˈrid ˌrɛn/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: reed n.¹, wren n.¹

Etymology: < reed n.¹ + wren n.¹ With sense 1 compare reed warbler n. 1.

Now rare.

1. The reed warbler, Acrocephalus scirpaceus.

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Sylviidae (warbler) > [noun] > genus Acrocephalus > species scirpaceus (reed-warbler)

reed-bird1782

reed warbler1783

reed wren1783

reed babbler1840

pit-bird1862

1783 J. Lightfoot in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 75 12 As we have already a bird, called in English the Willow-wren; ours, being nearly of the same size and shape, as well as the same genus, may, from its haunts, not improperly be denominated the Reed-wren.

1787 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds Suppl. I. 184 Reed Wren. Size of the Willow Wren.

1802 G. Montagu Ornithol. Dict. at Titmouse—Bearded Others have undoubtedly taken the nest of the Reed Wren for it.

1862 J. T. Gallienne in D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham Channel Islands ii. ix. 207 I have put the reed wren as doubtful for Guernsey.

1893 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. 1 123 Such a habit could hardly fail to become hereditary, so that the daughter of a Cuckow which always put her egg into a Reed-Wren's, Titlark's, or Wagtail's nest would do as did her mother.

1907 A. M. Cecil London Parks & Gardens xiii. 344 During the half-century he lived there, many of the birds, the fly catchers, reed-wren, black cap, and willow-wren, and nut-hatches, deserted the garden.

2. North American. The marsh wren, Cistothorus palustris, of North America.

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1890 Cent. Dict. Reed-wren,..2. An American wren of the family Troglodytidæ and genus Thryothorus.

1917 T. G. Pearson Birds Amer. III. 197 Long-billed Marsh Wren..Reed Wren... The canoist..may catch sight of a nervous little brown bird hanging to the stems or leaves of rushes, reeds, or cat-tails.

1946 L. A. Hausman Field Bk. Eastern Birds 446 Reed Wren... A very shy, secretive little wren... If disturbed it dives into the reeds.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	reed wren
释义	reed wrenn. Brit. /ˈriːd rɛn/, U.S. /ˈrid ˌrɛn/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: reed n.¹, wren n.¹ Etymology: < reed n.¹ + wren n.¹ With sense 1 compare reed warbler n. 1. Now rare. 1. The reed warbler, Acrocephalus scirpaceus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Sylviidae (warbler) > [noun] > genus Acrocephalus > species scirpaceus (reed-warbler) reed-bird1782 reed warbler1783 reed wren1783 reed babbler1840 pit-bird1862 1783 J. Lightfoot in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 75 12 As we have already a bird, called in English the Willow-wren; ours, being nearly of the same size and shape, as well as the same genus, may, from its haunts, not improperly be denominated the Reed-wren. 1787 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds Suppl. I. 184 Reed Wren. Size of the Willow Wren. 1802 G. Montagu Ornithol. Dict. at Titmouse—Bearded Others have undoubtedly taken the nest of the Reed Wren for it. 1862 J. T. Gallienne in D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham Channel Islands ii. ix. 207 I have put the reed wren as doubtful for Guernsey. 1893 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. 1 123 Such a habit could hardly fail to become hereditary, so that the daughter of a Cuckow which always put her egg into a Reed-Wren's, Titlark's, or Wagtail's nest would do as did her mother. 1907 A. M. Cecil London Parks & Gardens xiii. 344 During the half-century he lived there, many of the birds, the fly catchers, reed-wren, black cap, and willow-wren, and nut-hatches, deserted the garden. 2. North American. The marsh wren, Cistothorus palustris, of North America. ΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. Reed-wren,..2. An American wren of the family Troglodytidæ and genus Thryothorus. 1917 T. G. Pearson Birds Amer. III. 197 Long-billed Marsh Wren..Reed Wren... The canoist..may catch sight of a nervous little brown bird hanging to the stems or leaves of rushes, reeds, or cat-tails. 1946 L. A. Hausman Field Bk. Eastern Birds 446 Reed Wren... A very shy, secretive little wren... If disturbed it dives into the reeds. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1783
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