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waxbill
(encz) | waxbill,astrild n: [bio.] common waxbill = estrilda astrild = astrild
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Waxbill
(gcide) | Waxbill \Wax"bill`\, n. (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of finchlike birds belonging to
Estrelda and allied genera, native of Asia, Africa, and
Australia. The bill is large, conical, and usually red in
color, resembling sealing wax. Several of the species are
often kept as cage birds.
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red waxbill
(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.]
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Waxbill
(gcide) | Waxbill \Wax"bill`\, n. (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of finchlike birds belonging to
Estrelda and allied genera, native of Asia, Africa, and
Australia. The bill is large, conical, and usually red in
color, resembling sealing wax. Several of the species are
often kept as cage birds.
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