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JAVA SPARROW
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Java sparrow mean?
• JAVA SPARROW (noun)
The noun JAVA SPARROW has 1 sense:
1. small finch-like Indonesian weaverbird that frequents rice fields
Familiarity information: JAVA SPARROW used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small finch-like Indonesian weaverbird that frequents rice fields
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Java finch; Java sparrow; Padda oryzivora; ricebird
Hypernyms ("Java sparrow" is a kind of...):
weaver; weaver finch; weaverbird (finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests)
Holonyms ("Java sparrow" is a member of...):
genus Padda; Padda (a genus of Ploceidae)
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