whydah

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of various black and white African birds with distinctive drooping long tailfeathers on males in mating season, suitable as cage birds.

Pronunciation

/ˈ(h)wɪdə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-whydah.wav

Word forms

whydah whydahs whidah whyda wydah

Etymology

Alteration of the first component of widow bird, after Whydah (now Ouidah) in Benin.

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