'cedar bird' definitions:
Definition of 'cedar bird'
From: GCIDE
- cedar bird \ce"dar bird`\, cedarbird \ce"dar*bird`\, n. (Zool.) Same as cedar waxwing. [PJC]
Definition of 'cedar bird'
From: GCIDE
- cedar waxwing \ce"dar wax"wing\, n. (Zool.) a species of chatterer (Bombycilla cedrorum, formerly Ampelis cedrorum) widely distributed over temperate North America, so named from its frequenting cedar trees; -- called also cedar bird, cherry bird, Canada robin, and American waxwing. It is a brownish bird about 7 inches long, between the size of a robin and a sparrow, has a crest on the head, a black face mask, and a yellow-tipped tail. The name comes from the black color of the tips of the wings, like that of a black sealing wax. They sometimes are seen in flocks. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
Definition of 'cedar bird'
From: GCIDE
- Chatterer \Chat"ter*er\, n.
- 1. A prater; an idle talker. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Zool.) A bird of the family Ampelid[ae] -- so called from its monotonous note. The Bohemion chatterer (Ampelis garrulus) inhabits the arctic regions of both continents. In America the cedar bird is a more common species. See Bohemian chatterer, and Cedar bird. [1913 Webster]