willow wren

noun

willow wren

noun

1

The willow warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus).

A bird of our own country called a willow-wren (Motacilla) runs up the stem of the crown-imperial (Frittillaria coronalis) and sips the pendulous drops within its petals.1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, page 202:

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