n.
Pronunciation: ' waks- ˌ wi ŋ
Function: noun
Date: 1817
: any of a genus ( Bombycilla ) of American and Eurasian chiefly brown to gray oscine birds (as a cedar waxwing) having a showy crest, red waxy material on the tips of the secondaries, and a yellow band on the tip of the tail
waxwing