waxwing

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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.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• American waxwing
• Bohemian waxwing

• cedar waxwing
• Japanese waxwing

Translations

songbird of genus Bombycilla

• Armenian: սրնգահավ (srngahav)
• 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
• Ido: bombicilo (io)

• 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)
• Westrobothnian: tåppspærr m