amadavat

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Definition of amadavat in English English dictionary

red Asian weaverbirds often kept as cage birds

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

{i} avadavat, red weaver birds found in Asia that is frequently raised as cage birds

Hyphenation

a·ma·da·vat