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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
    "A flock of cedar waxwings descended on the berry bush"

Derived forms: waxwings

Type of: oscine, oscine bird

Part of: Bombycilla, genus bombycilla

Encyclopedia: Waxwing