Meaning of AMADAVAT
| Pronunciation: | | `amudu'vat
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| | Definition: | | [n] red Asian weaverbirds often kept as cage birds |
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| | Synonyms: | | avadavat |
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| | See Also: | | Estrilda, genus Estrilda, weaver, weaver finch, weaverbird | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Am`a*da*vat"\, n. [Indian name. From Ahmedabad, a city
from which it was imported to Europe.] (Zo["o]l.)
The strawberry finch, a small Indian song bird ({Estrelda
amandava}), commonly caged and kept for fighting. The female
is olive brown; the male, in summer, mostly crimson; --
called also {red waxbill}. [Written also {amaduvad} and
{avadavat}.]
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