CACTUS WREN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cactus wren mean? 

• CACTUS WREN (noun)
  The noun CACTUS WREN has 1 sense:

1. large harsh-voiced American wren of arid regions of the United States southwest and Mexico

  Familiarity information: CACTUS WREN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CACTUS WREN (noun)

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Meaning:

Large harsh-voiced American wren of arid regions of the United States southwest and Mexico

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("cactus wren" is a kind of...):

jenny wren; wren (any of several small active brown birds of the northern hemisphere with short upright tails; they feed on insects)

Holonyms ("cactus wren" is a member of...):

Campylorhynchus; genus Campylorhynchus; genus Heleodytes; Heleodytes (alternative classifications for the cactus wrens)