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Definitions for: Amadavat [n] red Asian weaverbirds often kept as cage birds
Webster (1913) 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.]
Synonyms: avadavat
See Also: Estrilda, genus Estrilda, weaver, weaver finch, weaverbird
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