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Webster 1913 Edition

Waxwing

Wax′wingˊ

,

Noun.

(Zool.)

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

) and the cedar bird are examples. Called also

waxbird

.

Definition 2024

waxwing

waxwing

English

Noun

waxwing ‎(plural waxwings)

Any of several songbirds of the genus Bombycilla, having crested heads, and red tips to the wings.

Derived terms

Derived terms

American waxwing
Bohemian waxwing

cedar waxwing
Japanese waxwing

Translations

songbird of genus Bombycilla

Armenian: սրնգահավ ‎(srngahav)
Catalan: ocell sedós m
Czech: brkoslav m
Danish: silkehale (da)
Estonian: siidisaba
Faroese: reyðstapi m
Finnish: tilhi (fi)
French: jaseur (fr) m
German: Seidenschwanz (de) m

Ido: bombicilo (io)
Luxembourgish: Peschtvull (lb) m
Navajo: tsídiisháshii
Norwegian: sidensvans
Polish: jemiołuszka (pl) f
Portuguese: tagarela (pt) m
Russian: свиристе́ль (ru) m ‎(sviristélʹ)
Spanish: ampelis m
Swedish: sidensvans (sv)