| 释义 |
av·a·da·vat
\ˈavədəˌvat\ noun
also am·a·da·vat \ˈamə-\
(-s)
Etymology: irregular from Ahmadabad, city in India from which it was imported to Europe
: a very small weaverbird (Estrilda amandava) native to southeast Asia but often kept as a cage bird, having the breeding male scarlet, darker above, and with white dots on wings and sides and the female and eclipse male olive brown above and grayish buff below — called also strawberry finch |