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whydah

/ˈwɪdə

(also whyda)

noun

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.

In particular, female indigobirds might prefer males with long tails like those of male paradise whydahs, perhaps because they retain an ancestral sensory bias....

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.

1.1 another term for widowbird.

Origin

Late 18th century (originally widow-bird): alteration by association with Whidah (now Ouidah), a town in Benin.

单词	whydah
释义	whydah /ˈwɪdə / (also whyda) noun 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. In particular, female indigobirds might prefer males with long tails like those of male paradise whydahs, perhaps because they retain an ancestral sensory bias.... 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. 1.1 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
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