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Pronunciation : Am`a*da*vat"
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Indian name. From Ahmedabad, a city from which it was imported to Europe.] (Zo?l.)
Definition : Defn: The strawberry finch, a small Indian song bird (Estrelda amandava), commonly caged and kept for fighting. The female is olive brown; the male, in summer, mostly crimson; -- called also red waxbill. [Written also amaduvad and avadavat.]


Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913