WHYDAH

Meaning of WHYDAH in English

noun Etymology: alteration of widow (bird) Date: 1783 any of various mostly brownish African passerine birds (genera Euplectes and Vidua ) often kept as cage birds and distinguished in the male by black-and-white plumage and by long tail feathers during the breeding season

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WHYDAH — noun or whid·ah ˈhwidə also ˈwi- ( -s ) Etymology: alteration (influenced by Whydah, Ouidah, town in southern Dahomey where …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WHYDAH — /hwid"euh, wid"euh/ , n. 1. any of several small African finches of the subfamily Viduinae, the males of which have …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WHYDAH — noun Etymology: alteration of widow (bird) Date: 1783 : any of various mostly brownish African passerine birds (genera Euplectes and …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WHYDAH — [ 'wɪdə ] (also whyda ) ■ noun 1》 an African weaver bird, the male of which has a black …
Concise Oxford English vocab
WHYDAH — [whyd.ah] n [alter. of widow (bird)] (1783): any of various mostly black and white African weaverbirds (genera Euplectes and Vidua) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WHYDAH — also spelled Whidah, or Wydah, also called Widowbird, any of several African birds that have long dark tails suggesting a …
Britannica English vocabulary
WHYDAH — whydah, W\~ BrE AmE ˈwɪd ə ˈhwɪd ə ▷ whydah|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WHYDAH — n. (also whidah) any small African weaver-bird of the genus Vidua, the male having mainly black plumage and tail-feathers of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WHYDAH — n. (also whidah) any small African weaver-bird of the genus Vidua, the male having mainly black plumage and tail-feathers of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WHYDAH — n. (also whidah) any small African weaver-bird of the genus Vidua, the male having mainly black plumage and tail-feathers of …
Oxford English vocab
WHYDAH — орнит. вдовушка (Vidua) - paradise whydah
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
WHYDAH — орнит. вдовушка ( Vidua ) - paradise whydah
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
WHYDAH — n. Pronunciation: ' hwi-d ə , ' wi- Function: noun Etymology: alteration of widow (bird) Date: 1783 : any of …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PARADISE WHYDAH — noun see paradise weaver
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WHYDAH BIRD — () Alt. of Whydah finch
Английский словарь Webster
WHYDAH BIRD — Alt. of Whydah finch
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WHYDAH BIRD — alt. of whydah finch.
Webster English vocab
PARADISE WHYDAH FINCHES — см. whydah finches
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
PARADISE WHYDAH FINCHES — см. whydah finches
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
DAHOMEY KINGDOM — Western African kingdom that flourished in the 18th–19th century in what is now central Benin. Initially called Abomey, its name …
Английский словарь Британика
AKWAMU — Historical state of western Africa's Gold Coast (now Ghana). Founded by an Akan people с 1600, it grew rich on …
Английский словарь Британика
PARADISE WEAVER — noun or paradise whydah : a whydah ( Vidua paradiseae ) that is usually marked with buff or brown and …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WHIDAH BIRD — () Any one of several species of finchlike birds belonging to the genus Vidua, native of Asia and Africa. In …
Английский словарь Webster
WHIDAH BIRD — Any one of several species of finchlike birds belonging to the genus Vidua, native of Asia and Africa. In the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WIDOW BIRD — whydah. [ 1765-75; trans. of NL Vidua, name of the genus (L: WIDOW). See WHYDAH ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WHIDAH BIRD — any one of several species of finchlike birds belonging to the genus vidua, native of asia and africa. in the …
Webster English vocab
DAHOMEY — kingdom in western Africa that flourished in the 18th and 19th centuries in the region that is now southern Benin. …
Britannica English vocabulary
AKWAMU — Akan state (c. 16001730) of the Gold and Slave coasts of western Africa. At its apogee in the early 18th …
Britannica English vocabulary
VIDUA REGIA, (TETRAENURA REGIA) — queen whydah, (Queen's whydah)
Animal names in Latin and English vocab
VIDUA HYPOCHERINA — steel-blue whydah, (shiny black whydah)
Animal names in Latin and English vocab
FINCH — 1) вьюрок (Fringilla) 2) мелкая птица • - banded finch - black-masked finch - Bonin Island finch - bramble finch - Brandt's rosy finch - Burton's finch - cherry …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
FINCH — 1) вьюрок ( Fringilla ) 2) мелкая птица • - banded finch - black-masked finch - Bonin Island finch - …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь

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