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Definition of Jenny wren
1. Noun. Any of several small active brown birds of the northern hemisphere with short upright tails; they feed on insects.
Generic synonyms: Passeriform Bird, Passerine
Group relationships: Family Troglodytidae, Troglodytidae
Specialized synonyms: Troglodytes Troglodytes, Winter Wren, House Wren, Troglodytes Aedon, Marsh Wren, Rock Wren, Salpinctes Obsoletus, Carolina Wren, Thryothorus Ludovicianus, Cactus Wren
Definition of Jenny wren
1. Noun. (UK) the wren, ''Troglodytes troglodytes''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jenny Wren
Literary usage of Jenny wren
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Poetry for Children by Samuel Eliot (1879)
"DEATH OF COCK ROBIN AND jenny wren'. The Tree bore his blossoms, ... 'Twas a cold
autumn morning when jenny wren died Cock Robin sat by for to see, ..."
2. Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories: A by Robert Ford (1904)
"It was a merry time, When jenny wren was young, So neatly as she dressed, And so
sweetly as she sung. Robin Redbreast lost his heart, He was a gallant bird ..."
3. The Burgess Animal Book for Children by Thornton Waldo Burgess (1920)
"THE BURGESS ANIMAL BOOK FOR CHILDREN CHAPTER I jenny wren GIVES PETER RABBIT AN
IDEA "As sure as you 're alive now, Peter Rabbit, some day I will catch you ..."
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