amadavat

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noun

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

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Meanings

nounamadavat (plural amadavats)

plural amadavats · alternative amaduvad · alternative avadavat

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

Synonyms & antonyms

nounred Asian weaverbirds often kept as cage birds

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weaverweaverbirdweaver finch
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

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

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amadavat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amadavat

MLA

“amadavat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amadavat. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “amadavat,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amadavat.

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