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Definition of Java finch
1. Noun. Small finch-like Indonesian weaverbird that frequents rice fields.
Generic synonyms: Weaver, Weaver Finch, Weaverbird
Group relationships: Genus Padda, Padda
Lexicographical Neighbors of Java Finch
Literary usage of Java finch
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1874)
"dif- j fering from the last chiefly in a more uniformly conical bill and in a
short and rounded tail, may bo mentioned the java finch, commonly called here ..."
2. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"differing from the last chiefly in a more uniformly conical bill and in a short
and rounded tail, may be mentioned the java finch, commonly called here Java ..."
3. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge edited by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1864)
"differing from the last chiefly in a more uniformly conical bill and in a short
and rounded tail, may bo mentioned the java finch, commonly called here Java ..."
4. The Analyst: A Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, Natural History by William Holl, Neville Wood, Edward Mammatt (1835)
"... how greatly would the acquisition of this fascinating study be facilitated !
Are not the names Meadow Pipit, java finch, Hedge Dunnock, ..."
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