Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A species of Munia, M. punctularia, inhabiting India.
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The black spots on the breast and abdomen cause these to look like the surface of a nutmeg grater; for that reason this munia is sometimes spoken of as the nutmeg-bird.
Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916
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