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Any of several birds of the genus Bombycilla, having crested heads, grayish-brown plumage, and waxy red tips on the wing feathers.

waxwing [ˈwæksˌwɪŋ]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of several gregarious passerine songbirds of the genus Bombycilla, esp B. garrulus, having red waxy wing tips and crested heads: family Bombycillidae

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Noun

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

Bohemian waxwing, Bombycilla garrulus - large waxwing of northern North America; similar to but larger than the cedar waxwing

Translations

waxwing [ˈwæksˌwɪŋ] n → beccofrusone m

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