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WEAVER FINCH

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests

Synonyms:

weaver; weaver finch; weaverbird

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("weaver finch" is a kind of...):

oscine; oscine bird (passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "weaver finch"):

baya; Ploceus philippinus (common Indian weaverbird)

whidah; whydah; widow bird (mostly black African weaverbird)

Java finch; Java sparrow; Padda oryzivora; ricebird (small finch-like Indonesian weaverbird that frequents rice fields)

amadavat; avadavat (red Asian weaverbirds often kept as cage birds)

grass finch; grassfinch (usually brightly-colored Australian weaverbirds; often kept as cage birds)

Holonyms ("weaver finch" is a member of...):

family Ploceidae; Ploceidae (weaverbirds)

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