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Look up: Wren

  1. wren
    [n] - English architect who designed more than fifty London churches (1632-1723) 2. [n] - and of several small active brown birds of the northern hemisphere with short upright tails
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Wren
    Wren (rĕn) noun [ Middle English wrenne , Anglo-Saxon wrenna , wrænna , perhaps akin to wrǣne lascivious.] 1. (Zoology) Any one of numerous species of small singing birds belonging to Troglod...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/54

  3. wren
    1. <ornithology> Any one of numerous species of small singing birds belonging to Troglodytes and numerous allied of the family Troglodytidae. ... Among the species best known are the house wren (Troglodytes aedon) common in both Europe and America, and the American winter wren (T. Hiemalis). S...
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  4. wren
    jenny wren noun and of several small active brown birds of the northern hemisphere with short upright tails; they feed on insects
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  5. Wren
    Sir Christopher Wren noun English architect who designed more than fifty London churches (1632-1723)
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  6. Wren
    • (n.) Any one of numerous species of small singing birds more or less resembling the true wrens in size and habits. • (n.) Any one of numerous species of small singing birds belonging to Troglodytes and numerous allied of the family Troglodytidae.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  7. wren
    family name Troglodytidae, any of 59 species of small, chunky, brownish birds (order Passeriformes). The family originated in the Western Hemisphere ... [1 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/w/55

  8. Wren
    Wren is a Welsh girl name. The meaning of the name is `ruler` Where is it used? The name Wren is mainly used In English. The name Wren doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Wren seems to be unique!
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/girls/Wre

  9. Wren
    HMS Wren was a British Black Swan Class escort sloop of 1250 tons displacement launched in 1942. She was armed with six 4-inch dual-purpose guns and ten smaller guns. Two 3-drum type boilers provided a top speed of 19.25 knots and she carried a complement of 180.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  10. wren
    wren, small, plump perching songbird of the family Troglodytidae. There are about 60 wren species, and all except one are restricted to the New World. The plumage is usually brown or reddish above and white, gray, or buff, often streaked, below. Wrens are similar to sparrows but have longer, slender...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08527

  11. Wren
    The wren is a small brown bird with a cocked tail of the order Passeriformes, family Troglodytidae. The wren feeds mainly on insects and spiders and grows to about nine centimetres long with a 13 centimetres wing span. It has a life span of about six years.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  12. wren
    Any of the family Troglodytidae of small birds of the order Passeriformes, with slender, slightly curved bills, and uptilted tails
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  13. WREN
    [Naval Acronyms and Slang] A female sailor
    Found on http://www.hmforces.co.uk/Join_The_Force

  14. Wren
    (character) `Wren` is the main character in the Wren books by Sherwood Smith. The three books in this series are Wren to the Rescue, Wren`s Quest, and Wren`s War. A fourth book, Wren Journeymage, has been written, but it is yet to be published. Wren`s physical appearance is largely indistinguishable from a northwestern-European Terran.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wren



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12 February 2012

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/calendar/ On February 12, 1809, Charles Robert Darwin was born at The Mount in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. Darwin was one of the last of the eclectic scientists who preceded the age of professional specialization. His genius lay in his ability to select, from the facts which he so diligently collected, every relevant point and fit it into his bold and far-reaching theories. He was not the first to advance a theory of evolution; but his massive weight of evidence carried conviction where earlier theorists had failed. He was shy and modest and shrank from controversy, an unfortunate trait in the author of the most controversial book of the century. read more

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