HyperDic: waxwing

English > 1 sense of the word waxwing:
NOUNanimalwaxwingbrown velvety-plumaged songbirds of the northern hemisphere having crested heads and red waxy wing tips
English > waxwing: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningbrown velvety-plumaged songbirds of the northern hemisphere having crested heads and red waxy wing tips.
Member ofBombycilla, genus bombycillawaxwings
NarrowerBohemian waxwing, Bombycilla garruluslarge waxwing of northern North America
cedar waxwing, cedarbird, Bombycilla cedrorunwidely distributed over temperate North America
Broaderoscine, oscine birdpasserine bird having specialized vocal apparatus
Spanishampelis
Catalanbombicíl·lid

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