WAXBILL

Definition: WAXBILL

WAXBILL

Noun

1. Any one of numerous species of finchlike birds belonging to Estrelda and allied genera, native of Asia, Africa, and Australia. The bill is large, conical, and usually red in color, resembling sealing wax. Several of the species are often kept as cage birds.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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	In San Francisco Bay, California, upon her return to the U.S. after the end of World War II, circa 1945-46. This ship became USS Waxbill (AMS-39) in 1947.Credit: NAVY.		USS Waxbill (AMS-39) laying a smokescreen while under fire from enemy shore batteries off Wonsan, North Korea. Original photo is dated 12 December 1952. Note shell splashes near the ship.Credit: NAVY.
	USS Waxbill (AMS-39) maneuvering and laying a smokescreen while under fire from enemy shore batteries off Wonsan, North Korea. Original photo is dated 12 December 1952.Credit: NAVY.		Photographed prior to her Navy service. She was acquired by the Navy on 19 November 1940, commissioned as USS Waxbill (AMc-15) on 26 November 1940 and completed conversion to a coastal minesweeper on 14 July 1941. Stricken on 14 October 1944, she was transferred to the U.S. Maritime Commission in January 1945.Credit: NAVY.
	Photographed prior to her Navy service. She was acquired by the Navy on 19 November 1940, commissioned as USS Waxbill (AMc-15) on 26 November 1940 and completed conversion to a coastal minesweeper on 14 July 1941. Stricken on 14 October 1944, she was transferred to the U.S. Maritime Commission in January 1945.Credit: NAVY.
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"WAXBILL" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "WAXBILL" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	4	175,879

Expression using "WAXBILL": red waxbill. Additional references.
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Language		Translations for "WAXBILL"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Dutch		Sint-Helenafazantje (Saint Helena Waxbill), prachtstuitastrild (lavender finch, lavender waxbill), oranjekaakje (orange-cheeked waxbill), Napoleonnetje (grey waxbill), goudbuikje (golden waxbill, orange-breasted waxbill, zebra waxbill), gewone astrild (Saint Helena Waxbill). (various references)

French		ventre orange (golden waxbill, orange-breasted waxbill, zebra waxbill), queue de vinaigre (lavender waxbill), joues oranges (orange-cheeked waxbill), estrilda astrild (common waxbill), bec de corail (common waxbill, grey waxbill), astrilde ondulé (common waxbill), astrild ondulé (Saint Helena Waxbill), Astrild bec-de-corail (grey waxbill). (various references)

German		Wellenastrild (common waxbill, estrilda astrild, Saint Helena Waxbill), Schönbürzel (lavender finch, lavender waxbill), Orangebäckchen (orange-cheeked waxbill), Grauastrild (grey waxbill), Goldbrüstchen (golden waxbill, orange-breasted waxbill, zebra waxbill), estrilda astrild (common waxbill, estrilda astrild). (various references)

Greek		πλοκεύς ο κοινός (common waxbill, estrilda astrild), estrilda astrild (common waxbill, estrilda astrild). (various references)

Italian		ventre arancio (golden waxbill, orange-breasted waxbill, zebra waxbill), guancia arancio (orange-cheeked waxbill), estrilda astrild (common waxbill, estrilda astrild), coda d'aceto (lavender finch, lavender waxbill), becco di corallo (grey waxbill), amaranto (Amaranth). (various references)

Manx		gob kereagh. (various references)

Pig Latin		axbillway

Portuguese		ventre-laranja (golden waxbill, orange-breasted waxbill, zebra waxbill), face-laranja (orange-cheeked waxbill), bico-de-lacre-cinzento (grey waxbill), bico-de-lacre (Saint Helena Waxbill). (various references)

Spanish		pico de coral colinegro (grey waxbill), pico de coral (Saint Helena Waxbill). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	Amandava subflava, Estrilda astrild, Estrilda caerulescens, Estrilda melpoda, Estrilda subflava, Estrilda troglodytes, Glaucestrilda caerulescens, Sporaeginthus subflavus. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "WAXBILL": waxbills. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"WAXBILL" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: warbil. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-i-l-l-w-x"
	-3 letters: axil, bail, ball, bawl, bill, blaw, wail, wall, will.
	-4 letters: ail, alb, all, awl, bal, ill, lab, law, lax, lib, wab, wax.
	-5 letters: ab, ai, al, aw, ax, ba, bi, la, li, xi.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-i-l-l-w-x"
	+1 letter: waxbills.
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