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Bengalese finch

Bengalese finch noun: a domesticated estrildid finch, Lonchura striata domestica or Lonchura domestica, thought to have been bred from the white-rumped munia (Lonchura striata).

bengalese finch: a domesticated estrildid finch, Lonchura striata domestica or Lonchura domestica, thought to have...
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Noun

Bengalese finch (plural Bengalese finches)

  1. A domesticated estrildid finch, Lonchura striata domestica or Lonchura domestica, thought to have been bred from the white-rumped munia (Lonchura striata).
    • Some female zebra finches reared with Bengalese finches for 40 days responded to male zebra finches. Others responded to male Bengalese finches which had been reared by zebra finches and hence courted them, whilst others would mate with neither. In multiple-choice tests these zebra finch females...1981, D. M. Broom, Biology of Behaviour: Mechanisms, Functions and Applications, page 214
    • Quantitative evidence comes, among others, from three studies of adolescent male zebra finches misimprinted on Bengalese finches. In the first study, zebra finches were raised by another species of estrildid finch, the Bengalese finch.1981, Klaus Immelmann, Stephen J. Suomi, “14: Sensitive phases in Development”, in Klaus Immelmann, George W. Barlow, Lewis Petrinovich, Mary Main, editors, Behavioral Development: The Bielefeld...
    Synonyms:
    Lonchura striata domestica, Lonchura domestica

Synonyms of Bengalese finch

  • Lonchura striata domestica
  • Lonchura domestica

Forms of Bengalese finch

pluralBengalese finches

Questions about Bengalese finch

What does Bengalese finch mean?
Bengalese finch means a domesticated estrildid finch, Lonchura striata domestica or Lonchura domestica, thought to have been bred from the white-rumped munia (Lonchura striata).
What part of speech is Bengalese finch?
Bengalese finch is a noun.
What is the plural of Bengalese finch?
The plural of Bengalese finch is Bengalese finches.

Words near Bengalese finch in the dictionary

  1. Bengal tiger
  2. Bengal Tigers
  3. Bengalee
  4. Bengalees
  5. Bengalese
  6. Bengalese finch
  7. Bengalese finches
  8. Bengali
  9. Bengali alphabet
  10. Bengali People's Republic
  11. Bengali script

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