1. Home
  2. Dictionary
  3. Weaverbird

Definition of Weaverbird in English :

Define Weaverbird in English

Weaverbird meaning in English

Meaning of Weaverbird in English

Pronunciation of Weaverbird in English

Weaverbird pronunciation in English

Pronounce Weaverbird in English

Weaverbird

see synonyms of weaverbird

Noun

1. weaver, weaver finch, weaverbird

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Weaverbird

see synonyms of weaverbird
noun
1. 
any small Old World passerine songbird of the chiefly African family Ploceidae, having a short thick bill and a dull plumage and building covered nests: includes the house sparrow and whydahs
2. Also called: weaver finch
any similar bird of the family Estrilidae, of warm regions of the Old World: includes the waxbills, grassfinches, and Java sparrow

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Weaverbird

see synonyms of weaverbird
noun
weaver finch

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Weaverbird

see synonyms of weaverbird
n.
Any of various chiefly tropical African or Asian songbirds of the family Ploceidae, similar to the finches and characterized by the ability to build complex communal nests of intricately woven vegetation. Also called weaver finch.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

WORD OF THE DAY

gamut

FIND OUT WHAT IT MEANS

Recent Searches