Hypertext Webster Gateway: "waxwing"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Waxwing \Wax"wing`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
waxwing
n : brown velvety-plumaged songbirds of the northern hemisphere
having crested heads and red waxy wing tips
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