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NEW ZEALAND WREN

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Birds of New Zealand that resemble wrens

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Nouns denoting animals

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)

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