"blue wren" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: blue wrens [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} blue wren (plural blue wrens)
  1. Any of various species of fairywren (tribe Malurini in the family Maluridae), the male of which acquires blue adult or breeding plumage. Categories (lifeform): Meliphagoid birds

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