Definition of "willow-wren" [willow-wren]

• The willow-warbler: a common British name and also book-name. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "It is far from wishing for the modest concealment of the true creeper (Certhia familiaris); nor does it, like that bird, run up the trunks of trees, but industriously, after the manner of a willow-wren, hops about, and searches for insects on every twig and branch."
• "When the gnat had heard that, she flew away again, and revealed everything, with the greatest minuteness, to the willow-wren."
• "The willow-wren also came flying through the air with his army with such a humming, and whirring, and swarming that every one was uneasy and afraid, and on both sides they advanced against each other."