- waxwing wax·wing n
- ['wæksˌwɪŋ]
beccofrusone m
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wax|wing — «WAKS WIHNG», noun. a small bird with a showy crest, smooth, brown plumage, and red markings (resembling bits of red sealing wax) on the tips of the wings, such as the cedar waxwing or cedarbird, and the Bohemian waxwing; chatterer … Useful english dictionary
Waxwing — Wax wing , n. (Zo[ o]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}) … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
waxwing — wax•wing [[t]ˈwæksˌwɪŋ[/t]] n. orn any of several crested songbirds of the family Bombycillidae, of the Northern Hemisphere, having certain feathers tipped with a red, waxy substance • Etymology: 1810–20 … From formal English to slang
waxwing — 1817, from WAX (Cf. wax) (n.) + WING (Cf. wing). So called for appendages at the tips of its feathers which look like red sealing wax … Etymology dictionary
Waxwing — Taxobox name = Waxwing image width = 200px image caption = Bohemian Waxwings regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Passeriformes subordo = Passeri familia = Bombycillidae genus = Bombycilla genus authority = Vieillot, 1808… … Wikipedia
waxwing — n. any bird of the genus Bombycilla, with small tips like red sealing wax to some wing feathers … Useful english dictionary
American waxwing — cedar waxwing ce dar wax wing, n. (Zo[ o]l.) a species of chatterer ({Bombycilla cedrorum}, formerly {Ampelis cedrorum}) widely distributed over temperate North America, so named from its frequenting cedar trees; called also {cedar bird}, {cherry … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cedar waxwing — ce dar wax wing, n. (Zo[ o]l.) a species of chatterer ({Bombycilla cedrorum}, formerly {Ampelis cedrorum}) widely distributed over temperate North America, so named from its frequenting cedar trees; called also {cedar bird}, {cherry bird},… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cedar waxwing — ce′dar wax′wing n. orn a North American waxwing, Bombycilla cedrorum, having light yellowish brown plumage. Also called ce′dar bird • Etymology: 1835–45, amer … From formal English to slang
Bohemian Waxwing — Taxobox name = Bohemian Waxwing status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 image width = 200px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Passeriformes familia = Bombycillidae genus = Bombycilla species = B. garrulus binomial =… … Wikipedia
waxbird — Waxwing Wax wing , n. (Zo[ o]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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
