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bush wren

noun

  1. a wren, Xenicus longipes , occurring in New Zealand: family Xenicidae See also rifleman
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Sadly, neither he nor his colleagues could save the New Zealand bush wren.

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The bush wren was found on both of New Zealand's main islands, although in historical times it seems to always have been rare on the North.

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Once these animals began to occur on New Zealand soil--through the agency of humans--the bush wren's days were numbered.

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Only a bush wren could have hidden its nest more completely—Bruce had been lucky in spying it out.

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