1. Wren inhabiting badlands and mesa country of western United States and Mexico
   "A rock wren hopped among the desert boulders";
   - Salpinctes obsoletus
    
2. Short-tailed bird of New Zealand resembling a wren
   "The rock wren bounced along the scree slope";
   - Xenicus gilviventris

Derived forms: rock wrens

Type of: jenny wren, New Zealand wren, wren

Part of: genus Salpinctes, genus Xenicus, Salpinctes, Xenicus

Encyclopedia: Rock wren