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Amadavat


Amˊa-da-vat′

,
Noun.
[Indian name. From
Ahmedabad
, a city from which it was imported to Europe.]
(Zool.)
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
.]

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amadavat

amadavat

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Noun

amadavat (plural amadavats)

  1. The strawberry finch, a small Indian songbird (Estrilda amandava), commonly caged and kept for fighting.