n. (Zool.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. 1. Work made of wax; especially, a figure or figures formed or partly of wax, in imitation of real beings. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Bot.) An American climbing shrub (Celastrus scandens). It bears a profusion of yellow berrylike pods, which open in the autumn, and display the scarlet coverings of the seeds. [ 1913 Webster ]