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blue wren

blue wren noun: any of various species of fairywren (tribe Malurini in the family Maluridae), the male of which acquires blue adult or breeding plumage.

Noun

blue wren (plural blue wrens)

  1. Any of various species of fairywren (tribe Malurini in the family Maluridae), the male of which acquires blue adult or breeding plumage.
    • The winter has been long and somewhat severe, and the robins, therefore, have been well in evidence, also Jacky Winters, double-bars, and blue wrens.1933 October 21, “The Courier Mail”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 21
    • As we went along, Mother had to look this way and that to follow the line of some excited finger pointing out a blue wren's nest or the place where Charlie killed the snake.1962, Elizabeth Lane, chapter 13, in Mad As Rabbits, page 107

Forms of blue wren

pluralblue wrens

Questions about blue wren

What does blue wren mean?
Blue wren means any of various species of fairywren (tribe Malurini in the family Maluridae), the male of which acquires blue adult or breeding plumage.
What part of speech is blue wren?
Blue wren is a noun.
What is the plural of blue wren?
The plural of blue wren is blue wrens.

Words near blue wren in the dictionary

  1. blue whiting
  2. blue wildebeest
  3. blue won
  4. blue wood sedge
  5. blue wood sedges
  6. blue wren
  7. blue wrens
  8. blue zone
  9. blue zones
  10. blue-and-gold macaw
  11. blue-and-gold macaws

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