SILVERBILL

Etymology

Noun

silverbill (plural silverbills)

A kind of estrildid finch, most in genus Lonchura, some in Euodice.

Source: Wiktionary


Sil"ver*bill`, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: An Old World finch of the genus Minia, as the M. Malabarica of India, and M. cantans of Africa.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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