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noun
- See under waxwing.
noun
- any of several songbirds of the family Bombycillidae, having a showy crest and certain feathers tipped with a red, waxy material, as Bombycilla garrulus (Bohemian waxwing), of the Northern Hemisphere.
noun
- any of several gregarious passerine songbirds of the genus Bombycilla, esp B. garrulus, having red waxy wing tips and crested heads: family Bombycillidae
1817, from wax (n.) + wing (n.). So called for appendages at the tips of its feathers which look like red sealing-wax.