wren

Etymology

From Middle English wrenne, wranne, from Old English wrenna, wrænna, werna, wærna, wrenne (“wren”), from Proto-West Germanic *wrandijō, from Proto-Germanic *wrandijô (“wren”). Cognate with Old Saxon wrendilo (“wren”), Old High German rento, rentilo (“wren”), Danish rindel (“wren”), Icelandic rindill (“wren”).

noun

  1. Troglodytes troglodytes (Eurasian wren, type species and sole Old World species of the family Troglodytidae).
  2. Any member of a mainly New World passerine bird family Troglodytidae; a true wren.
  3. Any small bird of similar appearance to a true wren, such as a fairywren or scrubwren.

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