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1. short-tailed bird resembling a wren

2. wren inhabiting badlands and mesa country of western United States and Mexico

1. : a wren (Salpinctes obsoletus) of arid parts of the western United States and Mexico

2. : a small short-tailed passerine bird (Xenicus gilviventris) of New Zealand

an American wren, Salpinctes obsoletus, inhabiting the foothills, badlands, and mesa country of the western U.S. and Mexico.

[1855-60, Amer.]

rock wren,

a large, grayish-brown wren common in arid, rocky regions of western North America.