waxwing
nounUS /ˈwæksˌwɪŋ/
Etymology From wax + wing; so called from the wax-like tips to the secondary wing feathers.
1
Any of several songbirds of the genus Bombycilla, having crested heads, and red tips to the wings.
- I was the shadow of the waxwing slain By the false azure in the windowpane; I was the smudge of ashen fluff—and I Lived on, flew on, in the reflected sky.1962, Charles Kinbote [pseudonym; Vladimir Nabokov], Pale Fire, New York, N.Y.: Berkley Books, published November 1985, →ISBN:
- Derived terms
- American waxwing, Bohemian waxwing, cedar waxwing, Japanese waxwing