English Explanatory Dictionary

amadavat

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An estrildid finch, Amandava amandava, of India and Southeast Asia, commonly kept and bred as a cagebird.

Word forms

amadavat amadavats amaduvad avadavat

Etymology

Variant of Ahmedabad, city in Gujarat, India, from which the bird was imported to Europe.

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