ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun
: any of several American and Eurasian passerine birds of the genus Bombycilla that are chiefly brown with a showy crest and velvety plumage and secondaries that have small red waxlike tips — see bohemian waxwing , cedar waxwing ; bird illustration
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