Amadavat

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Amadavat \Am`a*da*vat"\, n. [Indian name. From Ahmedabad, a city
     from which it was imported to Europe.] (Zool.)
     The strawberry finch, a small Indian song bird ({Estrelda
     amandava}), commonly caged and kept for fighting. The female
     is olive brown; the male, in summer, mostly crimson; --
     called also {red waxbill}. [Written also {amaduvad} and


     {avadavat}.]
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  amadavat
       n : red Asian weaverbirds often kept as cage birds [syn: {avadavat}]