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AMADAVAT
avadavat, amadavat
(noun) red Asian weaverbirds often kept as cage birds
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
amadavat (plural amadavats)
An estrildid finch, Amandava amandava, of India and Southeast Asia, commonly kept and bred as a cagebird.
Source: Wiktionary
Am`a*da*vat", n. Etym: [Indian name. From Ahmedabad, a city from which it was imported to Europe.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: 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.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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