WEAVERBIRD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does weaverbird mean? 

• WEAVERBIRD (noun)
  The noun WEAVERBIRD has 1 sense:

1. finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests

  Familiarity information: WEAVERBIRD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WEAVERBIRD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

weaver; weaver finch; weaverbird

Hypernyms ("weaverbird" is a kind of...):

oscine; oscine bird (passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "weaverbird"):

baya; Ploceus philippinus (common Indian weaverbird)

whidah; whydah; widow bird (mostly black African weaverbird)

Java finch; Java sparrow; Padda oryzivora; ricebird (small finch-like Indonesian weaverbird that frequents rice fields)

amadavat; avadavat (red Asian weaverbirds often kept as cage birds)

grass finch; grassfinch (usually brightly-colored Australian weaverbirds; often kept as cage birds)

Holonyms ("weaverbird" is a member of...):

family Ploceidae; Ploceidae (weaverbirds)