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WHYDAH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does whydah mean?
• WHYDAH (noun)
The noun WHYDAH has 1 sense:
1. mostly black African weaverbird
Familiarity information: WHYDAH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mostly black African weaverbird
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
whidah; whydah; widow bird
Hypernyms ("whydah" is a kind of...):
weaver; weaver finch; weaverbird (finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests)
Holonyms ("whydah" is a member of...):
genus Vidua; Vidua (whydahs)
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