Meaning of WAXWING
| Pronunciation: | | 'waks`wing
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| | Definition: | | [n] brown velvety-plumaged songbirds of the northern hemisphere having crested heads and red waxy wing tips |
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| | See Also: | | Bohemian waxwing, Bombycilla, Bombycilla cedrorun, Bombycilla garrulus, cedar waxwing, cedarbird, genus bombycilla, oscine, oscine bird | |
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| | Definition: | | \Wax"wing`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of several species of small birds of the genus
{Ampelis}, in which some of the secondary quills are usually
tipped with small horny ornaments resembling red sealing wax.
The Bohemian waxwing (see under {Bohemian}) and the cedar
bird are examples. Called also {waxbird}.
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