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Definition of fairy wren in English: fairy wrennoun A small Australian songbird with a long cocked tail, the male of which has partly or mainly blue plumage. Genus Malurus, family Maluridae: several species, in particular the common superb fairy wren or blue wren (M. cyaneus) Example sentencesExamples - If a chick of Horsfield's bronze-cuckoo hatches in a superb fairy wren nest and heaves out the rightful chicks, about 40 percent of mother fairy-wrens desert the nest.
- Their hosts include weaverbirds and sunbirds in Africa and Asia, as well as fairy wrens and thornbills in Australia.
- Then a fairy wren blundered through the kitchen door, turning the cottage into a house trap for birds.
Definition of fairy wren in US English: fairy wrennoun A small Australian songbird with a long cocked tail, the male of which has partly or mainly blue plumage. Genus Malurus, family Maluridae: several species, in particular the common superb fairy wren or blue wren (M. cyaneus) Example sentencesExamples - Then a fairy wren blundered through the kitchen door, turning the cottage into a house trap for birds.
- Their hosts include weaverbirds and sunbirds in Africa and Asia, as well as fairy wrens and thornbills in Australia.
- If a chick of Horsfield's bronze-cuckoo hatches in a superb fairy wren nest and heaves out the rightful chicks, about 40 percent of mother fairy-wrens desert the nest.
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