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noun
Any of various estrildid finches of the genus Amandava, especially the red avadavat, Amandava amandava, of India and Southeast Asia, commonly kept and bred as a cagebird; also known as Java sparrow.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
red Asian weaverbirds often kept as cage birds
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: amadavat
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Broader terms: weaver, weaverbird, weaver finch
History
Variant of earlier amadavat, from Ahmedabad, city in Gujarat, India, from which the bird was imported to Europe.
