waxwing

Noun

Meaning

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) and the cedar bird are examples. Called also waxbird.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

prater gossip waxing babbler spouter chatterer chatterbox oscine cotinga clodhopper cedar waxwing cedarbird oscine bird

Hypernyms

oscine oscine bird

Hyponyms

Bohemian waxwing cedar waxwing cedarbird Bombycilla cedrorun Bombycilla garrulus

Phrases with the word

american waxwing Japanese waxwing

Examples

I was the shadow of the waxwing slain by the false azure in the windowpane. Vladimir Nabokov

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. Vladimir Nabokov

Close letter words and terms

WAXS waxup waxweed waxwork waxwork-man waxworker