Lexic.us

Definition of Sedge wren

1. Noun. Small American wren inhabiting wet sedgy meadows.

2. Noun. Small European warbler that breeds among reeds and wedges and winters in Africa.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sedge Wren

sederholmite seders sederunt sederunts sedes sedevacantism sedevacantist sedevacantists sedge sedge bird

sedge family sedge frog sedge frogs sedge warbler sedge warblers sedge wren (current term) sedged sedgelike sedges sedgier

sedgiest sedgy sedile sedilia sedilias sedilium sediment sedimentable sedimental

Literary usage of Sedge wren

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The feathered tribes of the British islands by Robert Mudie (1834)
"The sedge warbler, called also the sedge bird and the sedge wren; but it has no other resemblance to the wrens, ..."

2. Illustrations of British Ornithology by Prideaux John Selby (1833)
"PROVINCIAL—sedge wren, Lesser Reed-Sparrow, Blethering Tarn. IN size and form the Sedge-Warbler bears a great resem- Periodical blance to the preceding ..."

3. The Folk Lore and Provincial Names of British Birds by Charles Swainson (1886)
"1. This bird derives its name from its favourite haunts being the banks of sedgy pools and streams. Also called sedge wren. Sedge bird. ..."

4. Ornithological Dictionary of British Birds by George Montagu, James Rennie (1831)
"sedge wren. Lesser Reed Sparrow.* The weight of this species is about three drams ; length five inches and a half; bill dusky above, whitish beneath ..."

5. The Smaller British Birds: With Descriptions of Their Nests, Eggs, Habits, Etc. by Henry B. Adams (1894)
"THIS delicate and lively little bird, which goes by the names of the Sedge Reedling, sedge wren, Sedge Bird, and Reed Fauvette, is generally to be found ..."

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