waxbill

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: wax=bill

CIDE DICTIONARY

waxbill, n. 

 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.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

waxbill, n. any of various birds esp. of the family Estrildidae, with usu. red bills resembling the colour of sealing wax.