Definitions
brown velvety-plumaged songbirds of the Northern Hemisphere having crested heads and red waxy wing tips
Word origin
From wax + wing; so called from the wax-like tips to the secondary wing feathers.
Used in a sentence
“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.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Crested songbird”7 letters
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