We may wonder why some crested birds have this regal insignia bestowed upon them by nature, but it would be impossible to think of the waxwing without his crowning glory.
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Waxwing
//ˈwæksˌwɪŋ//
Synonyms for "waxwing" (1 found)
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26 translations across 24 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- սրնգահավ noun (songbird of genus Bombycilla)
Bulgarian
1 entries- копринарка noun (songbird of genus Bombycilla)
Catalan
1 entries- ocell sedós noun (songbird of genus Bombycilla)
Czech
1 entries- brkoslav noun (songbird of genus Bombycilla)
Danish
1 entries- silkehale noun (songbird of genus Bombycilla)
Estonian
1 entries- siidisaba noun (songbird of genus Bombycilla)
Faroese
1 entries- reyðstapi noun (songbird of genus Bombycilla)
Finnish
1 entries- tilhi noun (songbird of genus Bombycilla)
French
1 entries- jaseur noun (songbird of genus Bombycilla)
German
1 entries- Seidenschwanz noun (songbird of genus Bombycilla)
Hungarian
1 entries- csonttollú noun (songbird of genus Bombycilla)
Ido
1 entries- bombicilo noun (songbird of genus Bombycilla)
Ingrian
2 entries- pihlajamarjalintu noun (songbird of genus Bombycilla)
- sviristeli noun (songbird of genus Bombycilla)
Irish
2 entries- sciathán céarach noun (songbird of genus Bombycilla)
- síodeiteach noun (songbird of genus Bombycilla)
Japanese
1 entries- 連雀 noun (songbird of genus Bombycilla)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Peschtvull noun (songbird of genus Bombycilla)
Navajo
1 entries- tsídiisháshii noun (songbird of genus Bombycilla)
Norwegian
1 entries- sidensvans noun (songbird of genus Bombycilla)
Polish
1 entries- jemiołuszka noun (songbird of genus Bombycilla)
Portuguese
1 entries- tagarela noun (songbird of genus Bombycilla)
Russian
1 entries- свиристе́ль noun (songbird of genus Bombycilla)
Spanish
1 entries- ampelis noun (songbird of genus Bombycilla)
Swedish
1 entries- sidensvans noun (songbird of genus Bombycilla)
Welsh
1 entries- cynffon sidan noun (songbird of genus Bombycilla)
Sample sentences
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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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