Word.ws English Dictionary

dioch

UK/ˈdaɪ.ək/US/ˈdaɪ.ɑk/

dioch noun: an African weaverbird of the genus Quelea.

Noun

dioch (plural diochs)

  1. An African weaverbird of the genus Quelea.
    • From the trees comes the doleful cry of the black-faced dioch, and the weary rustle of galagos creeping back to their nests after a meticulous night's prowl.1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 146
    Synonyms:
    quelea

Synonyms of dioch

Forms of dioch

pluraldiochs
alternative formdiock

Words formed from dioch

  • Sudan dioch
  • Sudan diock

Questions about dioch

What does dioch mean?
Dioch means an African weaverbird of the genus Quelea.
What part of speech is dioch?
Dioch is a noun.
How do you pronounce dioch?
Dioch is pronounced /ˈdaɪ.ək/ (UK).
What is the plural of dioch?
The plural of dioch is diochs.

Words near dioch in the dictionary

  1. diocesean
  2. dioceses
  3. diocesian
  4. diocesse
  5. diocesses
  6. dioch
  7. diochs
  8. diock
  9. diocks
  10. Diocles
  11. Diocletian

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: dioch (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “dioch.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/dioch. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.