amadavat Meaning, Definition & Usage

Am`a*da*vat" noun

Etymology

Indian name. From Ahmedabad, a city from which it was imported to Europe.

Definitions

1. (Zoöl.) The strawberry finch, a small Indian song bird (Estrelda amandava), commonly caged and kept for fighting. The female is olive brown; the male, in summer, mostly crimson; -- called also red waxbill. Written also amaduvad and avadavat.