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Word entry · 7 letters

waxwing

Best crossword clue

"Crested songbird"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈwæksˌwɪŋ/Part of speech nounSorted aginwwxStarts with WEnds with G1 clues
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Definitions

  1. 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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