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widow bird
noun
mostly black African weaverbird
• Syn: ↑whydah, ↑whidah
• Hypernyms: ↑weaver, ↑weaverbird, ↑weaver finch
• Member Holonyms: ↑Vidua, ↑genus Vidua

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noun or widow finch
Etymology: so called from its dark plumage and long black tail feathers like a widow's veil
: whydah

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whydah.
[1765-75; trans. of NL Vidua, name of the genus (L: WIDOW). See WHYDAH]

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widow bird see ↑whydah
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Main Entry: ↑widow

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widow bird,
= whidah. (Cf. ↑whidah)
╂[translation of New Latin Vidua the genus name < Latin vidua widow (because of its black plumage). Compare etym. under whidah. (Cf. ↑whidah)]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.