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Definition of whydah in English: whydah(also whyda) nounˈwɪdəˈ(h)widə 1An African weaver bird, the male of which has a black back and a very long black tail used in display flight. Genus Vidua, family Ploceidae: several species Example sentencesExamples - Her daughter, genetically an indigobird, imprinted on her Melba Finch foster parents and then mated with a male paradise whydah mimicking Melba Finch song.
- In the first, a female paradise whydah mates with a male indigobird (whether by choice or coercion), then lays an egg in a nest of her usual host, Melba Finch.
- This higher-level sequencing convention results in some strange and eye-catching placements, such as the kinglets between bulbuls and leafbirds, or the vireos between whydahs and fringillids.
- In Africa, for instance, there are birds called widows and whydahs, many of which have tails longer than a foot.
- In particular, female indigobirds might prefer males with long tails like those of male paradise whydahs, perhaps because they retain an ancestral sensory bias.
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another term for widowbird
Origin Late 18th century (originally widow-bird): alteration by association with Whidah (now Ouidah), a town in Benin. Rhymes bidder, consider, Jiddah, kidder Definition of whydah in US English: whydah(also whyda) nounˈ(h)widə An African weaverbird, the male of which has a black back and a very long black tail used in display flight. Genus Vidua, family Ploceidae: several species Example sentencesExamples - This higher-level sequencing convention results in some strange and eye-catching placements, such as the kinglets between bulbuls and leafbirds, or the vireos between whydahs and fringillids.
- In particular, female indigobirds might prefer males with long tails like those of male paradise whydahs, perhaps because they retain an ancestral sensory bias.
- In Africa, for instance, there are birds called widows and whydahs, many of which have tails longer than a foot.
- In the first, a female paradise whydah mates with a male indigobird (whether by choice or coercion), then lays an egg in a nest of her usual host, Melba Finch.
- Her daughter, genetically an indigobird, imprinted on her Melba Finch foster parents and then mated with a male paradise whydah mimicking Melba Finch song.
Origin Late 18th century (originally widow-bird): alteration by association with Whidah (now Ouidah), a town in Benin. |