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gnatwren

gnatwren noun: any of several birds of various genera in the family Polioptilidae which are browner and more thickset, and have proportionally shorter tails and longer bills, than their relatives the soft blue-grey gnatcatchers.

gnatwren: any of several birds of various genera in the family Polioptilidae which are browner and more...
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Noun

gnatwren (plural gnatwrens)

  1. Any of several birds of various genera in the family Polioptilidae which are browner and more thickset, and have proportionally shorter tails and longer bills, than their relatives the soft blue-grey gnatcatchers.

Forms of gnatwren

pluralgnatwrens

Origin of gnatwren

From gnat + wren.

Questions about gnatwren

What does gnatwren mean?
Gnatwren means any of several birds of various genera in the family Polioptilidae which are browner and more thickset, and have proportionally shorter tails and longer bills, than their relatives the soft blue-grey gnatcatchers.
What part of speech is gnatwren?
Gnatwren is a noun.
What is the plural of gnatwren?
The plural of gnatwren is gnatwrens.

Words near gnatwren in the dictionary

  1. gnatproof
  2. gnats
  3. gnatty
  4. gnatworm
  5. gnatworms
  6. gnatwren
  7. gnatwrens
  8. gnaur
  9. gnaurs
  10. Gnaviyani
  11. gnaw

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