cedar waxwing

cedar waxwing

n. A North American bird (Bombycilla cedrorum) having a crested head, a yellow-tipped tail, and waxy red tips on the secondary wing feathers.

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[Probably so called because it eats the berries of the red cedar.]

ce′dar wax′wing

n. a North American waxwing, Bombycilla cedrorum, having light yellowish brown plumage. Also called ce′dar bird`. [1835–45, Amer.]

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cedar waxwing - widely distributed over temperate North AmericaBombycilla cedrorun, cedarbirdwaxwing - brown velvety-plumaged songbirds of the northern hemisphere having crested heads and red waxy wing tips