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estrildid

estrildid noun: any weaverbird of the family Estrildidae.

estrildid: any weaverbird of the family Estrildidae
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Noun

estrildid (plural estrildids)

  1. Any weaverbird of the family Estrildidae.
    • Estrildids and ploceids are clearly different in courtship posture, clutch size, egg coloration, pattern in mouth of the young, and mode of begging of the young.1968, Breviora, numbers 280-309, page 50
    • Marschall and Prinzinger (1991) subjected five species of estrildids to the following calculation from laboratory measurements under different T_A: O₂ consumption, CO₂ production, RMR, TNZ, conductance and T_B.1996, Gordon L. Maclean, Ecophysiology of Desert Birds, page 100
    Synonyms:
    estrildid finch

Synonyms of estrildid

  • estrildid finch

Forms of estrildid

pluralestrildids

Origin of estrildid

From translingual Estrildidae.

Questions about estrildid

What does estrildid mean?
Estrildid means any weaverbird of the family Estrildidae.
What part of speech is estrildid?
Estrildid is a noun.
What is the plural of estrildid?
The plural of estrildid is estrildids.

Words near estrildid in the dictionary

  1. estrich
  2. estriches
  3. estridge
  4. estridges
  5. Estrie
  6. estrildid
  7. estrildids
  8. estrin
  9. estrins
  10. estriol
  11. estriols

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