Definitions for: Waxwing

[n] brown velvety-plumaged songbirds of the northern hemisphere having crested heads and red waxy wing tips

Webster (1913) 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.

See Also: Bohemian waxwing, Bombycilla, Bombycilla cedrorun, Bombycilla garrulus, cedar waxwing, cedarbird, genus bombycilla, oscine, oscine bird

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