wrenlike

wrenlike
Resembling a wren or some aspect of one.

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  • Emu wren — E mu wren (Zo[ o]l.) A small wrenlike Australian bird ({Stipiturus malachurus}), having the tail feathers long and loosely barbed, like emu feathers. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Shortwing — Short wing , n. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of several species of small wrenlike Asiatic birds having short wings and a short tail. They belong to Brachypterix, Callene, and allied genera. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Stipiturus malachurus — Emu wren E mu wren (Zo[ o]l.) A small wrenlike Australian bird ({Stipiturus malachurus}), having the tail feathers long and loosely barbed, like emu feathers. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • wren — /ren/, n. 1. any 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… …   Universalium

  • Wren — /ren/, n. 1. Sir Christopher, 1632 1723, English architect. 2. Percival Christopher, 1885 1941, English novelist. /ren/, n. (sometimes l.c.) Chiefly Brit. Informal. a member of the Wrens. [1915 20] * * * Any of 59 species (family Troglodytidae)… …   Universalium

  • prinia — ▪ bird       any bird of the large genus Prinia, belonging to the Old World warbler family, Sylviidae. Prinias are sometimes called longtail warblers or wren warblers, from their long, graduated tails, which are carried, wrenlike, cocked up.… …   Universalium

  • wren-warbler — ▪ bird  any of a number of Old World warblers, family Sylviidae (order Passeriformes), that are wrenlike in carrying their tails cocked up. The name also denotes certain birds of the family Maluridae that are found in Australia and New Zealand.… …   Universalium

  • scrub|bird — «SKRUHB BURD», noun. either of two wrenlike perching birds that live in the dense scrub of Australia. One kind is nearly extinct …   Useful english dictionary

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