waxwing

waxwing is a 7-letter English word with 2 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 21 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 21 · Words With Friends 23 · 2 senses

Definitions

1. noun. 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.
2. noun. brown velvety-plumaged songbirds of the northern hemisphere having crested heads and red waxy wing tips

Common word forms

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