amadavat

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Variant of Ahmedabad, city in Gujarat, India, from which the bird was imported to Europe.

Noun

amadavat (plural amadavats)

  1. An estrildid finch, Amandava amandava, of India and Southeast Asia, commonly kept and bred as a cagebird.
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