willow wren

noun

The willow warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus).

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Meanings

nounwillow wren (plural willow wrens)

plural willow wrens

  1. The willow warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus).

    A bird of our own country called a willow-wren (Motacilla) runs up the stem of the crown-imperial (Frittillaria coronalis) and sips the pendulous drops within its petals.

    1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, page 202
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