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weaverbird

weaverbird noun: ploceidae, the family most commonly known by this name.

weaverbird: ploceidae, the family most commonly known by this name
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Noun

weaverbird (plural weaverbirds)

  1. Ploceidae, the family most commonly known by this name
    Synonyms:
    weaver
  2. The family Estrildidae, better known as estrildid finches or weaver finches
    Synonyms:
    estrildid finch, weaver finch

weaverbird meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Telugu

weaverbird in Tamil

தூக்கணங்குருவி

weaverbird in Bengali

weaverbird, widow bird
বাবুই babui

weaverbird in Telugu

weaverbird
జుమ్మ jumma

Synonyms of weaverbird

  • weaver
  • estrildid finch
  • weaver finch

Forms of weaverbird

pluralweaverbirds

Origin of weaverbird

From weaver + bird.

Words formed from weaverbird

Questions about weaverbird

What does weaverbird mean?
Weaverbird means ploceidae, the family most commonly known by this name.
What is weaverbird in Tamil?
Weaverbird in Tamil is தூக்கணங்குருவி. See Weaverbird meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is weaverbird?
Weaverbird is a noun.
What is the plural of weaverbird?
The plural of weaverbird is weaverbirds.

Words near weaverbird in the dictionary

  1. weaver ants
  2. Weaver syndrome
  3. weaver's hitch
  4. weaver's knot
  5. weaver's knots
  6. weaverbird
  7. weaverbirds
  8. weaveress
  9. weaveresses
  10. weaverfish
  11. weaverfishes

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: weaverbird (page history and authors); weaverbird (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); বাবুই (Bengali) (page history and authors); జుమ్మ (Telugu) (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.

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