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NEW ZEALAND WREN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Birds of New Zealand that resemble wrens
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("New Zealand wren" is a kind of...):
oscine; oscine bird (passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "New Zealand wren"):
rock wren; Xenicus gilviventris (short-tailed bird resembling a wren)
Acanthisitta chloris; rifleman bird (small green-and-bronze bird)
Holonyms ("New Zealand wren" is a member of...):
Acanthisittidae; family Acanthisittidae; family Xenicidae; Xenicidae (alternative names for the family comprising the New Zealand wrens)