Associations to the word «Waxwing»

Wiktionary

WAXWING, noun. Any of several songbirds of the genus Bombycilla, having crested heads, and red tips to the wings.

Dictionary definition

WAXWING, noun. Brown velvety-plumaged songbirds of the northern hemisphere having crested heads and red waxy wing tips.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats