emu-wren

noun

1. any Australian wren of the genus Stipiturus, having long plumy tail feathers

Example Sentences

The Emu-Wren, which has tail feathers like Emu feathers, is easily recognized if seen.

From Project Gutenberg

In addition to the clan-totems all the boys have the Superb Warbler bird as a sex-totem, and call it their elder brother; and all the girls the Emu-wren, and call it their elder sister.

From Project Gutenberg

Then there is the emu-wren, all sad-coloured, but quaint, with the tail-feathers sticking up on end, and exactly like those of an emu; on the very smallest scale, even to the peculiarity of two feathers growing out of the same little quill.

From Project Gutenberg

Accordingly in the tribes of South-Eastern Australia which we have been considering the bat and the owl, the emu-wren and the superb warbler, may properly be described as totems of the sexes.

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