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Vidua

noun

whydahs

• Syn: ↑genus Vidua

• Hypernyms: ↑bird genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Ploceidae, ↑family Ploceidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑whydah, ↑whidah, ↑widow bird

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\\ˈvijəwə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, widow

: a genus of African weaverbirds comprising various typical whydahs

Useful english dictionary. 2012.