Avadavat
a waxbill, estrilda amandava, native to asia, having in the male scarlet plumage with white dots on the sides and breast: raised as a cage bird.
historical examples
perhaps the most attractive of small foreign birds is the avadavat, a tiny, perky little soldier.
what shall we do now?: five hundred games and pastimes dorothy canfield fisher
a popular proverb says the housewife keeps the parrot, the lover keeps the avadavat, and the thief keeps pigeons.
beast and man in india john lockwood kipling
noun
either of two asian weaverbirds of the genus estrilda, esp e. amandava, having a red plumage: often kept as cagebirds
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