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amadavat

amadavat noun: an estrildid finch, Amandava amandava, of India and Southeast Asia, commonly kept and bred as a cagebird.

Noun

amadavat (plural amadavats)

  1. An estrildid finch, Amandava amandava, of India and Southeast Asia, commonly kept and bred as a cagebird.

Forms of amadavat

pluralamadavats
alternative formamaduvad
alternative formavadavat

Origin of amadavat

Variant of Ahmedabad, city in Gujarat, India, from which the bird was imported to Europe.

Questions about amadavat

What does amadavat mean?
Amadavat means an estrildid finch, Amandava amandava, of India and Southeast Asia, commonly kept and bred as a cagebird.
What part of speech is amadavat?
Amadavat is a noun.
What is the plural of amadavat?
The plural of amadavat is amadavats.

Words near amadavat in the dictionary

  1. amacrinal
  2. amacrine
  3. amacrines
  4. amadan
  5. amadans
  6. amadavat
  7. amadavats
  8. amadawn
  9. amadawns
  10. Amadea
  11. amadelphous

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