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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024wren /rɛn/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Birdsa small songbird with streaked or spotted brown-gray coloring.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024wren (ren),USA pronunciation n. - Birdsany of numerous small, active songbirds of the family Troglodytidae, esp. Troglodytes troglodytes, of the Northern Hemisphere, having dark-brown plumage barred with black and a short, upright tail. Cf. house wren, marsh wren, rock wren, winter wren.
- Birdsany of various similar, unrelated birds, esp. any of several Old World warblers.
- Middle English wrenn(e), Old English wrenna, obscurely akin to Old High German wrendilo, Old Norse rindill bef. 900
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Wren (ren),USA pronunciation n. (sometimes l.c.) [Chiefly Brit. Informal.]- British Termsa member of the Wrens.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: wren /rɛn/ n - any small brown passerine songbird of the chiefly American family Troglodytidae, esp Troglodytes troglodytes (wren in Britain, winter wren in the US and Canada). They have a slender bill and feed on insects
- any of various similar birds of the families Muscicapidae (Australian warblers), Xenicidae (New Zealand wrens), etc
Etymology: Old English wrenna, werna; related to Old High German wrendo, rentilo, Old Norse rindill Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Wren /rɛn/ n - informal (in Britain and certain other nations) a member of the former Women's Royal Naval Service
Etymology: 20th Century: from the abbreviation WRNS |