waxwing

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

waxwing
    n 1: brown velvety-plumaged songbirds of the northern hemisphere
         having crested heads and red waxy wing tips

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Waxwing \Wax"wing`\, n. (Zool.)
   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}.
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