NEW ZEALAND WREN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does New Zealand wren mean? 

• NEW ZEALAND WREN (noun)
  The noun NEW ZEALAND WREN has 1 sense:

1. birds of New Zealand that resemble wrens

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEW ZEALAND WREN (noun)

Sense 1

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)