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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 Bohemian
) and the cedar bird are examples. Called also waxbird
.