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wax⋅wing

  [waks-wing]
–noun
any of several songbirds of the family Bombycillidae, having a showy crest and certain feathers tipped with a red, waxy material, as Bombycilla garrulus (Bohemian waxwing), of the Northern Hemisphere.
Origin:
1810–20; wax 1 + wing
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waxwing 
1817, from wax (n.) + wing. So called for appendages at the tips of its feathers which look like red sealing-wax.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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