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Definition of Estrilda
1. Noun. Avadavats.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Ploceidae, Ploceidae
Member holonyms: Amadavat, Avadavat
Lexicographical Neighbors of Estrilda
Literary usage of Estrilda
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Birds of North and Middle America: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Higher by Robert Ridgway (1907)
"... that occurs in America, having been introduced and naturalized in Porto Rico.
estrilda MELPODA (Vieillot). SCARLET-CHEEKED WEAVER-FINCH. Adult male. ..."
2. Archaeologia Cantiana by Kent Archaeological Society (1860)
"... acknowledges three acres in Dartford to be the right and inheritance of estrilda,
... for which acknowledgment the said Dere- win and estrilda, ..."
3. Under the African Sun; a Description of the Native Races in Uganda, Sporting by William John Ansorge, Ernst Hartert (1899)
"It seems from these specimens that the adult male has an orange-red bill, the
female and young a brownish-black one. 145. estrilda astrild minor (Cab. ..."
4. Memoirs of Hugh Edwin Strickland by Hugh Edwin Strickland, William Jardine (1858)
"estrilda astrild (Linnaeus). The specimen from Damara is rather paler on the
upper parts and tail than specimens in Sir "William Jar- dine's collection from ..."
5. The Cradle of the Twin Giants, Science and History by Henry Christmas (1849)
"His love for estrilda was, however, only concealed, and he kept her secretly for
seven years, allowing the place of her retreat to be known only to a chosen ..."
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