gnatwren

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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.

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Meanings

noungnatwren (plural gnatwrens)

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.

Origin

From gnat + wren.

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APA

gnatwren. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gnatwren

MLA

“gnatwren.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gnatwren. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gnatwren,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gnatwren.

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