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Wren

UK/ɹɛn/ US/ˈrɛn/ uncommon informal rare uk

noun

1.

English architect who designed more than fifty London churches (1632-1723)

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2.

and of several small active brown birds of the northern hemisphere with short upright tails; they feed on insects

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Origin

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”).

Phrases

  • Bewick's wren
  • black-bellied wren
  • blue wren
  • cactus wren
  • canyon wren
  • Carolina wren
  • Daito wren
  • fairy wren

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