| 单词 | waxwing | 
| 释义 | waxwingn.  A passerine bird of the genus  Ampelis ( Bombycilla), esp.  A. garrulus, the Bohemian waxwing. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > 			[noun]		 > family Ptilogonatidae > genus Bombycilla (waxwing) chatterer1731 waxwing1817 swallow-chatterer1837 1817    J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. X.  ii. 420  				The Wax~wings, which have been detached from the Chatterers by Monsieur Vieillot, have a most remarkable and peculiar appendage on the tips of some of the quills, which has very much the appearance of red sealing-wax. 1817    J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. X.  ii. 421  				Bohemian Waxwing. 1817    J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. X.  ii. 422  				Carolina Waxwing. 1876    S. Smiles Life Sc. Naturalist xi. 214  				Among the rarer birds found in this district, were the Bohemian Waxwing or Chatterer (Bombycilla garrula). 1884    Harper's Mag. Mar. 616/1  				The Carolina Wax-wing, alias cedar or cherry bird. 1888    J. A. Lees  & W. J. Clutterbuck B.C. 1887: Ramble in Brit. Columbia 		(1892)	 348  				A large flock of waxwings..was well worth seeing. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < | 
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