WAXWING

Meaning of WAXWING in English

/waks"wing'/ , n.

any of several songbirds of the family Bombycillidae, having a showy crest and certain feathers tipped with a red, waxy material, as Bombycilla garrulus (Bohemian waxwing) , of the Northern Hemisphere.

[ 1810-20; WAX 1 + WING ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

WAXWING — noun Date: 1817 any of a genus ( Bombycilla ) of American and Eurasian chiefly brown to gray oscine birds …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WAXWING — Any of three species (family Bombycillidae) of elegant-looking songbirds named for shiny red beads on the tips of the secondary …
Английский словарь Британика
WAXWING — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : any of several American and Eurasian passerine birds of the genus Bombycilla that are chiefly brown with …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WAXWING — (n.) Any one of several species of small birds of the genus Ampelis, in which some of the secondary quills …
Английский словарь Webster
WAXWING — ( n. ) Any one of several species of small birds of the genus Ampelis, in which some of the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WAXWING — n. one of several species of grey-brown birds that are native to the northern hemisphere and have crested heads and …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
WAXWING — noun Date: 1817 : any of a genus ( Bombycilla ) of American and Eurasian chiefly brown to gray oscine …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WAXWING — noun any one of several species of small birds of the genus ampelis, in which some of the secondary quills …
Webster English vocab
WAXWING — ■ noun a crested songbird, mainly pinkish-brown and with bright red tips to some wing feathers. [Genus Bombycilla : three …
Concise Oxford English vocab
WAXWING — [wax.wing] n (1817): any of a genus (Bombycilla) of American and Eurasian chiefly brown to gray oscine birds (as a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WAXWING — any of three species of birds belonging to the songbird family Bombycillidae (order Passeriformes). They are elegant-looking birds named for …
Britannica English vocabulary
WAXWING — waxwing BrE AmE ˈwæks wɪŋ ▷ waxwing|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WAXWING — n. any bird of the genus Bombycilla, with small tips like red sealing-wax to some wing-feathers.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WAXWING — n. any bird of the genus Bombycilla, with small tips like red sealing-wax to some wing-feathers.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WAXWING — n. any bird of the genus Bombycilla, with small tips like red sealing-wax to some wing-feathers.
Oxford English vocab
WAXWING — n. Any of three species (family Bombycillidae) of elegant-looking songbirds named for shiny red beads on the tips of the …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
WAXWING — зоол. свиристель (Bombycilla gen.) (зоология) свиристель (Bombicilla gen.)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WAXWING — Свиристелевые
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
WAXWING — n зоол. свиристель ( Bombycilla gen. )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
WAXWING — зоол. свиристель (Bombycilla gen.)
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
WAXWING — свиристель
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
WAXWING — (n) свиристель
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
WAXWING — n зоол. свиристель ( Bombycilla gen. )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
WAXWING — n зоол. свиристель ( Bombycilla gen. )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
WAXWING — свиристель (Bombycilla); (обыкновенный) свиристель (Bombycilla garrulus); pl свиристелевые (Bombycillidae) - cedar waxwing - Japanese waxwing
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
WAXWING — свиристель ( Bombycilla ) ; (обыкновенный) свиристель ( Bombycilla garrulus ) ; pl свиристелевые ( Bombycillidae ) - cedar waxwing …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
WAXWING — зоол. свиристель (Bombycilla gen.) (зоология) свиристель (Bombicilla gen.)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
WAXWING — свиристель
Англо-Русский словарь
WAXWING — n. Pronunciation: ' waks- ˌ wi ŋ Function: noun Date: 1817 : any of a genus ( Bombycilla ) of …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
CEDAR WAXWING — noun Etymology: probably so called from its feeding on the berries of the red cedar ( Juniperus virginiana ) : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BOHEMIAN WAXWING — noun Usage: usually capitalized B Etymology: bohemian (gypsy); from its extensive and irregular wanderings : a large waxwing ( Bombycilla …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CEDAR WAXWING — [cedar waxwing] n (ca. 1844): a brown gregarious American waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) with a yellow band on the tip of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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