rock wren

Questions about rock wren

What does rock wren mean?

rock wren means "short-tailed bird resembling a wren". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for rock wren?

Close synonyms include Xenicus gilviventris, Salpinctes obsoletus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is rock wren a common word?

rock wren is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.