单词 | jenny wren |
释义 | jenny wrenn. 1. A popular, and esp. nursery, name for the wren (also locally kitty wren): sometimes regarded in nursery lore as the wife, bride, or sweetheart of Robin Redbreast. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Troglodytidae > genus Troglodytes > species troglodytes (wren) wrenc725 little kingc1450 Our Lady's hena1529 jenny wren1648 regulus1678 tope1813 staga1825 kitty1825 feather-poke1831 robin1837 robin redbreasta1873 jenny1881 St. Kilda wren1884 1648 Earl of Westmorland Otia Sacra 137 The finch, the sparrow, Jenny Wren. 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Jenny Wren, the wren. An opinion prevails..that this diminutive bird is the female of the Robin Redbreast. 1863 Sat. Rev. 283 He gives up the ripeness of his studies, and the last growth of his artistic skill to our robin red-breasts and jenny wrens. 2. U.S. A name for Herb Robert, Geranium Robertianum. ΚΠ 1890 in Cent. Dict. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1648 |
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