Definition of waxwing Waxwing
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What does waxwing mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: waxwings |
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| waxwing - brown velvety-plumaged songbirds of the northern hemisphere having crested heads and red waxy wing tips | ||
| oscine, oscine bird passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus | ||
| bombycilla, genus bombycilla waxwings | ||
| bombycilla cedrorun, cedar waxwing, cedarbird widely distributed over temperate North America | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- waxwing (n.)
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.
Part of speech
🔤- waxwing, noun, singular of waxwings.
