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Bengalese finches

Bengalese finches is the plural of Bengalese finch.

Meaning of Bengalese finch

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
    Synonyms:
    Lonchura striata domestica, Lonchura domestica

Questions about Bengalese finches

What is Bengalese finches the plural of?
Bengalese finches is the plural of Bengalese finch.

Words near Bengalese finches in the dictionary

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

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