■ noun a very small short-winged songbird with a cocked tail. [ Troglodytes troglodytes .]
↘any of numerous small songbirds of the same family (Troglodytidae) or of unrelated families.
Origin
OE ~na , of Gmc origin.
■ noun a very small short-winged songbird with a cocked tail. [ Troglodytes troglodytes .]
↘any of numerous small songbirds of the same family (Troglodytidae) or of unrelated families.
Origin
OE ~na , of Gmc origin.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004