[ noun ] brown velvety-plumaged songbirds of the northern hemisphere having crested heads and red waxy wing tips <noun.animal>
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}) and the cedar bird are examples. Called also {waxbird}.