Sentence example with the word 'amadavat'

amadavat

Definition n. red Asian weaverbirds often kept as cage birds

Last update: September 22, 2015


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The red munia, or amadavat, or _lal_ (_Estrelda amandava_) is, next to the paroquet, the bird most commonly caged in India.   [Please select]

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The nest of the amadavat is large for the size of the bird, being a loosely-woven cup, which is egg-shaped and has a hole at or near the narrow end.   [Please select]

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The nest of this little bird is more loosely put together and more globular than that of the amadavat.   [Please select]

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THE PLOCEIDÆ OR WEAVER-BIRD FAMILY This family includes the weaver-birds, famous for their wonderful hanging retort-shaped nests, and the munias, of which the amadavat or _lal_ is familiar to every resident of India as a cage bird.   [Please select]

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