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Definition of Amaduvads

amaduvad
Amadavat Am`a*da*vat", n. [Indian name. From Ahmedabad, a city from which it was imported to Europe.] (Zo["o]l.) The strawberry finch, a small Indian song bird (Estrelda amandava), commonly caged and kept for fighting. The female is olive brown; the male, in summer, mostly crimson; -- called also red waxbill. [Written also amaduvad and avadavat.]

Meaning of Amaduvads from wikipedia

- binomial name Frigilla amandava. Linnaeus based his description on "The Amaduvads **** and Hen" that has been described and illustrated in 1738 by the English...