waxwing : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: waxwing	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for waxwing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
waxwing n brown velvety-plumaged songbirds of the northern hemisphere having crested heads and red waxy wing tips
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Waxwing \Wax"wing`\, n. (Zo[94]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}.