waxwing

English

a cedar waxwing, Bombycilla cedrorum

Etymology

wax +‎ wing

Noun

waxwing (plural waxwings)

1. Any of several songbirds of the genus Bombycilla, having crested heads, and red tips to the wings.
   • 1962, Charles Kinbote [pseudonym; Vladimir Nabokov], Pale Fire, New York, N.Y.: Berkley Books, published November 1985, →ISBN:

     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.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• American waxwing
• Bohemian waxwing
• cedar waxwing
• Japanese waxwing

Translations

songbird of genus Bombycilla

• Armenian: սրնգահավ (srngahav)
• Bulgarian: копринарка f (koprinarka)
• Catalan: ocell sedós m
• Czech: brkoslav m
• Danish: silkehale (da)
• Estonian: siidisaba
• Faroese: reyðstapi m
• Finnish: tilhi (fi)
• French: jaseur (fr) m
• German: Seidenschwanz (de) m
• Hungarian: csonttollú (hu)
• Ido: bombicilo (io)
• Ingrian: pihlajamarjalintu
• Irish: sciathán céarach m, síodeiteach m
• Luxembourgish: Peschtvull (lb) m
• Navajo: tsídiisháshii
• Norwegian: sidensvans
• Polish: jemiołuszka (pl) f
• Portuguese: tagarela (pt) m
• Russian: свиристе́ль (ru) m (sviristélʹ)
• Spanish: ampelis m
• Swedish: sidensvans (sv)
• Welsh: cynffon sidan f