WAXWING


Meaning of WAXWING in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈwaks-ˌwiŋ ]

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

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