Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several African songbirds of the genus Vidua, the male of which grows long, drooping, predominantly black tail feathers during the breeding season.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See whidah, whidahbird.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun name for various African, black-and-white
weaverbirds with distinctive drooping long tail-feathers on males inmating season , suitable ascage birds
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun mostly black African weaverbird
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The Whydah Sea Lab and Learning Center (whydah. com) houses treasures recovered by explorer Barry Clifford from the wreckage of Capt.
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The Whydah Sea Lab and Learning Center (whydah. com) houses treasures recovered by explorer Barry Clifford from the wreckage of Capt.
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This bad habit is known of the Old World cuckoos, the American cow - birds, the South American rice grackle (_Cassidix_), and suspected in the pin-tail whydah (_Vidua serena_).
The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations William Temple Hornaday 1895
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The young whydah birds crouch closely together at night for heat.
The Personal Life Of David Livingstone Blaikie, William G. 1880
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The young whydah birds crouch closely together at night for heat.
The Last Journals of David Livingstone from 1865 to His Death Ed 1874
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The young whydah birds crouch closely together at night for heat.
The Personal Life of David Livingstone William Garden Blaikie 1859
reesetee commented on the word whydah
A small African finch of any of several African weaverbirds. Males have long, drooping tail feathers during the breeding season.
February 14, 2007