Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
amadavat .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Same as
amadavat .
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- noun Any of various
estrildid finches of the genusAmandava
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- noun red Asian weaverbirds often kept as cage birds
Etymologies
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Examples
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He had me sign an avadavat that no one had permission to paint on my gates or building.
"Fairey's warrants weren't just outstanding — they were FABULOUS!" Ann Althouse 2009
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The 313 bird species known from the ecoregion include two threatened species: the green avadavat (Amandava formosa) and Pallas's fish-eagle (Haliaeetus leucoryphus).
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[36] _Lal, Estrelda amandava_, the avadavat, is so called because it was brought to Europe from Ahmadabad.
Observations on the Mussulmauns of India Descriptive of Their Manners, Customs, Habits and Religious Opinions Made During a Twelve Years' Residence in Their Immediate Society Mrs. Meer Hasan Ali 1885
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Haverdewatt. avadavat, the bird _estrelda amadara_; see LOLLAH
Observations on the Mussulmauns of India Descriptive of Their Manners, Customs, Habits and Religious Opinions Made During a Twelve Years' Residence in Their Immediate Society Mrs. Meer Hasan Ali 1885
knitandpurl commented on the word avadavat
I thought I'd first seen this word just now, but it was already on my 'looked up' list so I must've seen it before. Well, here's where I most recently encountered it:
"I'd draw every known bird in the world. Avadavat, turtle dove, chaffinch, bullfinch. It would be something to do and it would take care of time and give me some pleasure."
Jamrach's Menagerie by Carol Birch, p 287 of the Doubleday hardcover edition
January 13, 2012
nayanlaldas commented on the word avadavat
is it a name of a bird?
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January 15, 2012