waxwing

wax·wing

 (wăks′wĭng′)

n.

Any of several birds of the genus Bombycilla of the Northern Hemisphere, having a crested head, grayish-brown plumage, and usually waxy red tips on the wing feathers.

waxwing

(ˈwæksˌwɪŋ)

n

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

wax•wing

(ˈwæksˌwɪŋ)

n.

any of several crested songbirds of the family Bombycillidae, of the Northern Hemisphere, having certain feathers tipped with a red, waxy substance.

[1810–20]

Thesaurus

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

Translations

brkoslav

Seidenschwanz

tilhi

beccofrusone

свиристель

waxwing

[ˈwæksˌwɪŋ] n → beccofrusone m