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Definition of Avadavat
1. Noun. Red Asian weaverbirds often kept as cage birds.
Exact synonyms: Amadavat
Generic synonyms: Weaver, Weaver Finch, Weaverbird
Group relationships: Estrilda, Genus Estrilda
Generic synonyms: Weaver, Weaver Finch, Weaverbird
Group relationships: Estrilda, Genus Estrilda
Definition of Avadavat
1. n. Same as Amadavat.
Definition of Avadavat
1. Noun. Any of various estrildid finches of the genus ''Amandava'' ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Avadavat
1. a small songbird [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Avadavat
Literary usage of Avadavat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Birds that Every Child Should Know by Frank Finn, Oliver Gregory Pike, Júlia Lello, John Maclair Boraston, Nellie Blanchan (De Graff) Doubleday, Hermann Ihering, Rodolpho von Ihering (1907)
"... who was doubtless cheered by the entertainment; and every one who has kept
foreign finches must have noticed how, from the Java sparrow to the avadavat, ..."
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