waxwing

wax·wing  (wkswng)

n.

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

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Noun

1.

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