Found 2 items, similar to sedge wren.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: sedge wren
sedge wren
n 1: small American wren inhabiting wet sedgy meadows [syn:
short-billed marsh wren
,
Cistothorus platensis]
2: small European warbler that breeds among reeds and wedges
and winters in Africa [syn:
sedge warbler,
sedge bird,
reedbird,
Acrocephalus schoenobaenus]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: sedge wren
Sedge
\Sedge\, n. [OE. segge, AS. secg; akin to LG. segge; --
probably named from its bladelike appearance, and akin to L.
secare to cut, E. saw a cutting instrument; cf. Ir. seisg, W.
hesg. Cf.
Hassock,
Saw the instrument.]
1. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus
Carex, perennial,
endogenous, innutritious herbs, often growing in dense
tufts in marshy places. They have triangular jointless
stems, a spiked inflorescence, and long grasslike leaves
which are usually rough on the margins and midrib. There
are several hundred species.
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Note: The name is sometimes given to any other plant of the
order
Cyperace[ae], which includes
Carex,
Cyperus,
Scirpus, and many other genera of rushlike
plants.
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2. (Zo["o]l.) A flock of herons.
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Sedge hen (Zo["o]l.), the clapper rail. See under 5th
Rail.
Sedge warbler (Zo["o]l.), a small European singing bird
(
Acrocephalus phragmitis). It often builds its nest
among reeds; -- called also
sedge bird,
sedge wren,
night warbler, and
Scotch nightingale.
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