Its binomial name (here) is..... Troglodytes troglodytes. There are about 30 subspecies, many of them endemic to islands, such as the Corsican and St Kilda wrens. They all have triple-barrelled names. There is about the same number of fully seperate species in the New World.
> On 13 February 2021 at 15:37 Bob Pdml <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The wren picture is from a French website. Troglodyte is simply the French > for wren. It really means a cave-dweller, the meaning you give is secondary > to that (when we were children living in Anglesey we called the local people > trogs). The French version of the wren apparently lives in small holes. > > After I sent my original reply it occurred to me that the (British) English > equivalent of mignon would be sweet, as in ‘what a sweet little child’. > > Etymologically it is from an Old High German word ‘minnia’ meaning love > (https://fr.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/mignon). > > > > On 13 Feb 2021, at 14:39, Daniel J. Matyola <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > To me, mignon means small, as in filet mignon. Troglodyte means "a person > > characterized by reclusive habits or outmoded or reactionary attitudes." > > > > Dan Matyola > > > >> On Sat, Feb 13, 2021 at 6:14 AM mike wilson <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > >> > >>>> On 13 February 2021 at 11:08 Bob Pdml <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> The word mignon, in troglodyte mignon, is often used to describe cute > >> kids. It means things like charming, pretty, likeable... > >> > >> > > -- > > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > > follow the directions. > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
