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Definition of avadavat

avadavat
Amadavat Am`a*da*vat", n. [Indian name. From Ahmedabad, a city from which it was imported to Europe.] (Zo["o]l.) 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.]
Avadavat
Avadavat Av`a*da*vat", n. Same as Amadavat.

Meaning of avadavat from wikipedia

- The red avadavat (Amandava amandava), red munia or strawberry finch, is a sparrow-sized bird of the family Estrildidae. It is found in the open fields...
- The green avadavat or green munia (Amandava formosa) is a species of Estrildid finch with green and yellow on the body, a bright red bill and black "zebra...
- was introduced in 1836 by the English zoologist Edward Blyth for the red avadavat. The genus in mentioned in a footnote to a page of an edition of Gilbert...
- yellow-headed vulture Greater yellowlegs Greater yellownape Green aracari Green avadavat Green barbet Green broadbill Green catbird Green cochoa Green crombec Green...
- Estrilda melpoda (I) Black-rumped waxbill, Estrilda troglodytes (I) Red avadavat, Amandava amandava (I) Order: P****eriformes   Family: Viduidae The Viduidae...
- Lonchura striata Tricolored munia, Lonchura malacca Green avadavat, Green avadavat Red avadavat, Amandava amandava Order: P****eriformes   Family: Motacillidae...
- petronia Black-breasted weaver Streaked weaver Baya weaver Red avadavat Green avadavat Indian silverbill White-rumped munia Black-throated munia Scaly-breasted...
- flycatcher Malabar whistling-thrush (forests only) Sykes's lark Green avadavat Sri Lanka spurfowl Sri Lanka junglefowl Layard's parakeet Sri Lanka wood-pigeon...
- Amadina – finches (2 species) Amandava – avadavats, waxbill (3 species)...
- Ploceus megarhynchus – V r Family: Estrildidae Red avadavat, Amandava amandava – R Green avadavat, Amandava formosa – V r Indian silverbill, Lonchura...