JAVA FINCH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Java finch mean? 

• JAVA FINCH (noun)
  The noun JAVA FINCH has 1 sense:

1. small finch-like Indonesian weaverbird that frequents rice fields

  Familiarity information: JAVA FINCH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JAVA FINCH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small finch-like Indonesian weaverbird that frequents rice fields

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Java finch; Java sparrow; Padda oryzivora; ricebird

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

weaver; weaver finch; weaverbird (finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests)

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

genus Padda; Padda (a genus of Ploceidae)