From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishwrenwren /ren/ noun [countable] HBBa very small brown bird
Examples from the Corpus
wren• Today I heard a wren singing.• A wren scrabbled in leaf litter a few yards away: tiny, rufous-brown, pert tailed.• Cactus wrens and Inca doves nest in thick tangles of mesquite.• Members of the crew who also include wrens, will take part in a number of sporting fixtures and visits.• The little wren does the same and is shy but smug in her self-reliance.• Moorhens, wrens and woodpeckers all include species that, in some circumstances, behave in this way.• A loud burst of singing gave away the presence of the ubiquitous wren.WrenWren noun infml a member of the WRNSOrigin wren Old English wrenna 