Meanings
nounzebra finch (plural zebra finches)
plural zebra finches
- A small Australasian weaverbird of the genus Taeniopygia that has markings similar to a zebra.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounsmall Australian weaverbird with markings like a zebra's
Similar
Poephila castanotis
Broader
grassfinchgrass finch
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian зеброва амадина
- зеброва амадина (zebrova amadina)bird
Catalan diamant clapat, diamant zebrat
- diamant clapatbird
- diamant zebratbird
Chinese Mandarin 斑胸草雀
- 斑胸草雀 (bān xiōng cǎo què)bird
Czech zebřička
- zebřičkabird
Danish zebrafinke
- zebrafinkebird
Dutch zebravink
- zebravinkbird
Esperanto kastanoto
- kastanotobird
Finnish seeprapeippo
- seeprapeippobird
French diamant mandarin
- diamant mandarinbird
German Zebrafink
- Zebrafinkbird
Hungarian zebrapinty
- zebrapintybird
Icelandic sebrafinka
- sebrafinkabird
Irish glasán séabrach
- glasán séabrachbird
Italian diamante mandarino
- diamante mandarinobird
Japanese 錦華鳥
- 錦華鳥 (kinkachō)bird
Malay burung ciak kuda belang
- burung ciak kuda belangbird
Norwegian sebrafink
- sebrafinkbird
Polish zeberka timorska, zeberka
- zeberka timorskabird
- zeberkabird
- amadyna zebrowatabird
Portuguese mandarim, diamante-mandarim
- mandarimbird
- diamante-mandarimbird
Russian зе́бровая амади́на
- зе́бровая амади́на (zébrovaja amadína)bird
Scottish Gaelic glaisean-stiallach
- glaisean-stiallachbird
Slovak zebrička austrálska
- zebrička austrálskabird
Spanish diamante mandarín, pinzón cebra
- diamante mandarínbird
- pinzón cebrabird
Swedish zebrafink
- zebrafinkbird
Turkish zebra ispinozu
- zebra ispinozubird
Ukrainian зяблик-зебра, зеброва амадина
- зяблик-зебра (zjablyk-zebra)bird
- зеброва амадина (zebrova amadyna)bird
Vietnamese chim di vằn
- chim di vằnbird
Welsh pila gwellt rhesog
- pila gwellt rhesogbird
Cite this entry
APA
zebra finch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zebra%20finch
MLA
“zebra finch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zebra%20finch. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “zebra finch,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zebra%20finch.
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