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Noun: waxwing  'waks`wing
  1. Brown velvety-plumaged songbirds of the northern hemisphere having crested heads and red waxy wing tips

Derived forms: waxwings

Type of: oscine, oscine bird

Part of: Bombycilla, genus bombycilla

Encyclopedia: Waxwing