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单词 jenny wren
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jenny wrenn.

Brit. /ˌdʒɛnɪ ˈrɛn/, U.S. /ˈdʒɛni ˌrɛn/
Etymology: See jenny n. 2.
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.
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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.
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1890 in Cent. Dict.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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