winter wren

American  

noun

1. (in the Western Hemisphere) a small wren, Troglodytes troglodytes, of coniferous forests.

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Etymology

Origin of winter wren

An Americanism dating back to 1800–10

Example Sentences

There's the winter wren, too-saucy, inquisitive little imp!—he was here all winter, and has left us without vouchsafing a note.

From Nature's Serial Story by Roe, Edward Payson

There was some scant compensation in the presence of the winter wren one winter in the Sunflower state.

From Our Bird Comrades by Keyser, Leander S. (Leander Sylvester)

The next, straight in front, is the passage to the nest of the winter wren.

From Little Brothers of the Air by Miller, Olive Thorne

There is a piece of swampy woodland in Jefferson, New Hampshire, midway between the hotels and the railway station, which, for me, will always be associated with the song of the winter wren.

From Birds in the Bush by Torrey, Bradford

What of the tiny winter wren which spends the zero weather with us?

From The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year by Beebe, William