waxwing Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun brown velvety-plumaged songbirds of the northern hemisphere having crested heads and red waxy wing tips

WordNet

Wax"wing` noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) 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.

Webster 1913