Waxwing

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Waxwing \Wax"wing`\, n. (Zool.)
     Any one of several species of small birds of the genus
     {Ampelis}, in which some of the secondary quills are usually
     tipped with small horny ornaments resembling red sealing wax.
     The Bohemian waxwing (see under {Bohemian}) and the cedar
     bird are examples. Called also {waxbird}.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  waxwing
       n : brown velvety-plumaged songbirds of the northern hemisphere
           having crested heads and red waxy wing tips