n. A very small passerine bird, Regulus ignicapillus, that breeds in Eurasia.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A small European kinglet (Regulus ignicapillus), having a bright red crest; -- called also fire-crested wren.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The fire-crested wren of Europe, Regulus ignicapillus.
Word Usage
"Neither love, this, nor abduction; deathly beauty -- harsh seduction -- gem-hard, frozen firecrest adorns the queen of winter's breast and from some cigarette in bed her heat will dance, and wail, and spread"