whydah

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Noun

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun whydah has 1 sense

whydah(n = noun.animal) whidah, widow bird - mostly black African weaverbird;

is a kind of weaver, weaver finch, weaverbird

is a member of genus vidua, vidua

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

whydah, n. (also whidah) any small African weaver-bird of the genus Vidua, the male having mainly black plumage and tail-feathers of great length.

Etymology

orig. widow-bird, altered f. assoc. with Whidah (now Ouidah) in Benin