widow bird
widow bird noun: any of several species of birds in the family Viduidae, incorporating whydahs and widow finches.
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Noun
widow bird (plural widow birds)
- Any of several species of birds in the family Viduidae, incorporating whydahs and widow finches.
- Any of several species of birds in the genus Euplectes.
widow bird meaning in Tamil
widow bird in Tamil
- நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும்
Forms of widow bird
| plural | widow birds |
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| alternative form | widowbird |
Origin of widow bird
Compound of widow + bird. The name for the family Viduidae derives from the genus name Vidua, from post-classical Latin vidua (“widow”) for males' black plumage, which resembles the mourning clothes of a widow. Compare whydah, from Whydah, a city in the Kingdom of Dahomey, now Ouidah, Benin. The terms widow-bird and whydah-bird influenced one another due to association of one species with the city.
Words formed from widow bird
- long-tailed widowbird
- red-collared widowbird
Questions about widow bird
- What does widow bird mean?
- Widow bird means any of several species of birds in the family Viduidae, incorporating whydahs and widow finches.
- What is widow bird in Tamil?
- Widow bird in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும். See Widow bird meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is widow bird?
- Widow bird is a noun.
- What is the plural of widow bird?
- The plural of widow bird is widow birds.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: widow bird (page history and authors); widow bird (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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