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Amadavat

Amadavat Meaning & Definition
Amadavat Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Amadavat?

[n] red Asian weaverbirds often kept as cage birds

Synonyms | Synonyms for Amadavat: avadavat

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See Also | Estrilda | genus Estrilda | weaver | weaver finch | weaverbird

Amadavat In Webster's Dictionary

\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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