waxwing

/waks-wing/US // ˈwæksˌwɪŋ //UK // (ˈwæksˌwɪŋ) //

腊腊鸟,蜡翼鸟,蜡蜡鸟,蜡蜡虫

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : any of several songbirds of the family Bombycillidae, having a showy crest and certain feathers tipped with a red, waxy material, as Bombycilla garrulus, of the Northern Hemisphere.

The Bohemian waxwing, like the only other member of the family that ever visits us, the cedar-bird, is a roving gipsy.
Taken in this sense, the Bohemian or Wandering Waxwing, as it used to be called, is a name open to no exception.
The cedar waxwing is a strange bird, with a very pronounced species-individuality, totally unlike any other bird of our country.
Cherry-bird is another name which is appropriately applied to the cedar waxwing.
Surely no bird has less right to be associated with evil than this mild waxwing.