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waxwing en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈwæksˌwɪŋ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From wax + wing; so called from the wax-like tips to the secondary wing feathers.

Meanings

1. Any of several songbirds of the genus Bombycilla, having crested heads, and red tips to the wings.
   • I was the shadow of the waxwing slain By the false azure in the windowpane; I was the smudge of ashen fluff—and I Lived on, flew on, in the reflected sky. 1962, Charles Kinbote [pseudonym; Vladimir Nabokov], Pale Fire, New York, N.Y.: Berkley Books, published November 1985, →ISBN:

Forms

Deriveds

cedar waxwing · American waxwing · Japanese waxwing · Bohemian waxwing

Translations (26)

fr jaseur (songbird of genus Bombycilla) · io bombicilo (songbird of genus Bombycilla) · bg копринарка (songbird of genus Bombycilla) · no sidensvans (songbird of genus Bombycilla) · ru свиристе́ль (songbird of genus Bombycilla) · ja 連雀 (songbird of genus Bombycilla) · ga sciathán céarach (songbird of genus Bombycilla) · da silkehale (songbird of genus Bombycilla) · ga síodeiteach (songbird of genus Bombycilla) · sv sidensvans (songbird of genus Bombycilla) · es ampelis (songbird of genus Bombycilla) · de Seidenschwanz (songbird of genus Bombycilla) · lb Peschtvull (songbird of genus Bombycilla) · et siidisaba (songbird of genus Bombycilla) · hu csonttollú (songbird of genus Bombycilla) · fo reyðstapi (songbird of genus Bombycilla) · cs brkoslav (songbird of genus Bombycilla) · pt tagarela (songbird of genus Bombycilla) · izh pihlajamarjalintu (songbird of genus Bombycilla) · ca ocell sedós (songbird of genus Bombycilla) · cy cynffon sidan (songbird of genus Bombycilla) · nv tsídiisháshii (songbird of genus Bombycilla) · hy սրնգահավ (songbird of genus Bombycilla) · izh sviristeli (songbird of genus Bombycilla) · pl jemiołuszka (songbird of genus Bombycilla) · fi tilhi (songbird of genus Bombycilla)