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(waks′·wing′) noun
Any of various crested passerine birds (family Bombycillidae) of America and Asia, having soft, mainly brown plumage, and the tips of the secondary wing feathers tipped with horny appendages resembling red or yellow sealing wax; especially, the two best–known North American species, the cedar waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum), and the larger Bohemian waxwing (B. garrula pallidiceps).
(About 7 inches long)
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