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WEAVER FINCH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does weaver finch mean?
• WEAVER FINCH (noun)
The noun WEAVER FINCH has 1 sense:
1. finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests
Familiarity information: WEAVER FINCH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
weaver; weaver finch; weaverbird
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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