HyperDic: house_wren

English > 1 sense of the expression *house wren*:
NOUN	animal	house wren, Troglodytes aedon	common American wren that nests around houses

English > *house wren*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	Common American wren that nests around houses.
Synonym	Troglodytes aedon
Member of	Troglodytes, genus Troglodytes	type genus of the Troglodytidae
Broader	wren, jenny wren	Any of several small active brown birds of the northern hemisphere with short upright tails