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Definition of Bombycilla garrulus
1. Noun. Large waxwing of northern North America; similar to but larger than the cedar waxwing.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bombycilla Garrulus
Literary usage of Bombycilla garrulus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Smaller British Birds: With Descriptions of Their Nests, Eggs, Habits, Etc. by Henry B. Adams (1894)
"... and its flesh is in good condition. It is known to epicures under the name of
Beccafico. THE WAXWING, (bombycilla garrulus.) PLATE XV. ..."
2. Recherches de pathologie comparée by Karl Friedrich von Heusinger (1853)
"... fournit en Allemagne le Jaseur de Bohème (bombycilla garrulus), oiseau du nord
qui arrive après des intervalles de sept et même de vingt années en ..."
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