bombycilla garrulus

1. 1.

   large waxwing of northern North America; similar to but larger than the cedar waxwing

   SynonymsBohemian waxwing

   Broaderwaxwing

Questions about bombycilla garrulus

What does bombycilla garrulus mean?

bombycilla garrulus means "large waxwing of northern North America; similar to but larger than the cedar waxwing".

What is another word for bombycilla garrulus?

Close synonyms include Bohemian waxwing. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bombycilla garrulus a common word?

bombycilla garrulus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.