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Waxwing — era un grupo de indie rock capitaneado por el ahora cantautor Rocky Votolato, vienen de Seattle y entre sus influencias están el folk, el rock y el punk. Sus canciones son desgarradoramente melancólicas, hay quienes los tachan de emos pero nada… … Wikipedia Español
Waxwing — Wax wing , n. (Zo[ o]l.) 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}) … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
waxwing — [waks′wiŋ΄] n. any of several fruit eating passerine birds (family Bombycillidae) of the Northern Hemisphere, with brown or gray silky plumage, a showy crest, and scarlet waxlike tips on the secondary wing feathers, as the cedar waxwing … English World dictionary
waxwing — 1817, from WAX (Cf. wax) (n.) + WING (Cf. wing). So called for appendages at the tips of its feathers which look like red sealing wax … Etymology dictionary
waxwing — ► NOUN ▪ a crested songbird, mainly pinkish brown and with bright red tips to some wing feathers … English terms dictionary
Waxwing — Taxobox name = Waxwing image width = 200px image caption = Bohemian Waxwings regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Passeriformes subordo = Passeri familia = Bombycillidae genus = Bombycilla genus authority = Vieillot, 1808… … Wikipedia
waxwing — /waks wing /, n. 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. [1810 20; WAX1 + WING] * * * … Universalium
waxwing — noun Date: 1817 any of a genus (Bombycilla) of American and Eurasian chiefly brown to gray oscine birds (as a cedar waxwing) having a showy crest, red waxy material on the tips of the secondaries, and a yellow band on the tip of the tail … New Collegiate Dictionary
waxwing — /ˈwækswɪŋ/ (say wakswing) noun any bird of the family Bombycillidae, having a showy crest and small red appendages at the tips of the secondary wing feathers and sometimes the tail feathers, as the bohemian waxwing, Bombycilla garrula, of the… …
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Waxwing (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 … Wikipedia
