gnatwren
English
noun
Definitions
- Any of several birds of various genera in the family Polioptilidae which are browner and more thickset, and have proportionally shorter tails and longer bills, than their relatives the soft blue-grey gnatcatchers.
Etymology
Compound from English gnat + English wren.
Origin
English
wren
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- fairywren English
- gnat English
- gnat-strainer English
- gnatcatcher English
- gnateater English
- gnatlike English
- gnatling English
- gnatty English
- gnatworm English
- grasswren English
- heathwren English
- rockwren English
- scrubwren English
- wren English
- wrenboy English
- wrenlike English
- wrenning English
- wrentit English
- gnat Middle English
- wrenne Middle English