whydah
/ˈ(h)wɪdə/
whydah noun: any of various black and white African birds with distinctive drooping long tailfeathers on males in mating season, suitable as cage birds.
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Noun
whydah (plural whydahs)
- Any of various black and white African birds with distinctive drooping long tailfeathers on males in mating season, suitable as cage birds.
whydah meaning in Tamil
whydah in Tamil
- நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும்
Forms of whydah
| plural | whydahs |
|---|---|
| alternative form | whidah |
| alternative form | whyda |
| alternative form | wydah |
Origin of whydah
Alteration of the first component of widow bird, after Whydah (now Ouidah) in Benin.
Words formed from whydah
Questions about whydah
- What does whydah mean?
- Whydah means any of various black and white African birds with distinctive drooping long tailfeathers on males in mating season, suitable as cage birds.
- What is whydah in Tamil?
- Whydah in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும். See Whydah meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is whydah?
- Whydah is a noun.
- How do you pronounce whydah?
- Whydah is pronounced /ˈ(h)wɪdə/.
- What is the plural of whydah?
- The plural of whydah is whydahs.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: whydah (page history and authors); whydah (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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