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1) Oscine 2) Oscine bird
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The waxwings form the genus Bombycilla of passerine birds. According to most authorities, this is the only genus placed in the family Bombycillidae although Phainoptila is sometimes included. Waxwings are characterised by soft silky plumage. (Bombycilla, the genus name, is Vieillot`s attempt at Latin for `silktail`, translating the German name ......
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[rocket motor] Waxwing was a British solid rocket motor used for apogee kick as the 3rd (upper) stage of the Black Arrow satellite launch vehicles. Waxwing was used to successfully place the Prospero X-3 satellite into low Earth orbit on 28 October 1971, Britain`s only satellite launch on an indigenously-developed launch vehicle. Another us...
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• (n.) 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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any of three species of birds belonging to the songbird family Bombycillidae (order Passeriformes). They are elegant-looking birds named for beads ... [1 related articles]
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Wax'wing` noun (Zoology) 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...
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The waxwing (Ampelis garrulus) is a bird of the family Ampelidae which breeds within the Arctic circle, but is a visitor to Britain. It is about twenty centimetres long and has an erectile crest, long pointed wings, and a short tail. The general colour of the plumage is greyish brown, but the head is marked with black and chestnut and the wings and...
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The USS Waxwing was an American Auk Class minesweeper of 890 tons displacement launched in 1945. The USS Waxwing was powered by diesel engines providing a top speed of 18 knots and carried a complement of 105. She was armed with one 3 inch dual-purpose gun and two 40 mm anti-aircraft guns.
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[
n] - brown velvety-plumaged songbirds of the northern hemisphere having crested heads and red waxy wing tips
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noun brown velvety-plumaged songbirds of the northern hemisphere having crested heads and red waxy wing tips
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Any of several fruit-eating birds of the family Bombycillidae, order Passeriformes. They are found in the northern hemisphere. The Bohemian waxwing
Bombycilla garrulus of North America and Eurasia is about 18 cm/7 in long, and is greyish-brown above with a reddish-chestnut crest, black streak at the eye, and varie...
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