"waxwing" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: waxwings [plural]
Etymology: wax + wing Etymology templates: {{compound|en|wax|wing}} wax + wing Head templates: {{en-noun}} waxwing (plural waxwings)
  1. Any of several songbirds of the genus Bombycilla, having crested heads, and red tips to the wings. Wikipedia link: waxwing Categories (lifeform): Perching birds Derived forms: American waxwing, Bohemian waxwing, cedar waxwing, Japanese waxwing Translations (songbird of genus Bombycilla): սրնգահավ (srngahav) (Armenian), копринарка (koprinarka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ocell sedós [masculine] (Catalan), brkoslav [masculine] (Czech), silkehale (Danish), siidisaba (Estonian), reyðstapi [masculine] (Faroese), tilhi (Finnish), jaseur [masculine] (French), Seidenschwanz [masculine] (German), csonttollú (Hungarian), bombicilo (Ido), pihlajamarjalintu (Ingrian), sciathán céarach [masculine] (Irish), síodeiteach [masculine] (Irish), Peschtvull [masculine] (Luxembourgish), tsídiisháshii (Navajo), sidensvans (Norwegian), jemiołuszka [feminine] (Polish), tagarela [masculine] (Portuguese), свиристе́ль (sviristélʹ) [masculine] (Russian), ampelis [masculine] (Spanish), sidensvans (Swedish), cynffon sidan [feminine] (Welsh)

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