Akademik

Bombycilla

noun

waxwings

• Syn: ↑genus bombycilla

• Hypernyms: ↑bird genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Bombycillidae, ↑family Bombycillidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑waxwing

* * *

\\ˌbämbəˈsilə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, blend of Latin bombyc-, bombyx silkworm, silk and New Latin Motacilla — more at bombast

: a genus (the type of the family Bombycillidae) of passerine birds comprising the waxwings

Useful english dictionary. 2012.