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New Zealand wren

New Zealand wren noun: a passerine bird of the family Acanthisittidae, including two living and several extinct species in four or five genera.

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Noun

New Zealand wren (plural New Zealand wrens)

  1. A passerine bird of the family Acanthisittidae, including two living and several extinct species in four or five genera.
    • Suboscines (Tyranni) are mostly found in the Neotropics, whereas the small New Zealand wrens (Acanthisitti) are limited to, you guessed it, New Zealand.2016 October 19, Hanneke Meijer, “Why you can thank geology for your morning songbird chorus”, in The Guardian

Forms of New Zealand wren

pluralNew Zealand wrens

Questions about New Zealand wren

What does New Zealand wren mean?
New Zealand wren means a passerine bird of the family Acanthisittidae, including two living and several extinct species in four or five genera.
What part of speech is New Zealand wren?
New Zealand wren is a noun.
What is the plural of New Zealand wren?
The plural of New Zealand wren is New Zealand wrens.

Words near New Zealand wren in the dictionary

  1. New Zealand tea trees
  2. New Zealand teal
  3. New Zealand teals
  4. New Zealand tit
  5. New Zealand tits
  6. New Zealand wren
  7. New Zealand wrens
  8. New Zealand yam
  9. New Zealand yams
  10. New Zealander
  11. New Zealanders

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