amadavat

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Etymology

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Variant of Ahmedabad, city in Gujarat, India, from which the bird was imported to Europe.

Noun

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amadavat (plural amadavats)

  1. An estrildid finch, Amandava amandava, of India and Southeast Asia, commonly kept and bred as a cagebird.