PLOCEIDAE

Meaning of PLOCEIDAE in English

plōˈsēəˌdē noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Ploceus, type genus + -idae

: a large family of Old World passerine birds that are predominantly African, somewhat resemble finches, and comprise the weaverbirds — see ploceus

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

PLOCEIDAE — songbird family, order Passeriformes, including the bishop, weaver, and whydah groups and Old World sparrows. The 135 to 155 species …
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PLOCEIDAE — weaverbirds
Animal names in Latin and English vocab
WEAVER — noun Date: 14th century one that weaves especially as an occupation, any of numerous Old World passerine birds (family Ploceidae) …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SPARROW — I Any of numerous species of small, chiefly seed-eating songbirds having a conical bill, particularly members of the Old World …
Английский словарь Британика
HOUSE SPARROW — or English sparrow One of the world's best-known and most abundant small birds ( Passer domesticus , family Passeridae or …
Английский словарь Британика
WEAVERBIRD — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : any of numerous Asiatic, East Indian, and African birds of the family Ploceidae that resemble finches in …
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WAXBILL — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : any of numerous Old World birds of the family Ploceidae having white, pink, or reddish bills of …
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PLOCEUS — ˈplōsēəs, -ōˌsüs noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Greek plokeus braider, plaiter, from plekein to plait : a genus …
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FINCH — ˈfinch noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English finc; akin to Old High German fincho finch, Middle …
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BUFFALO WEAVER — noun Etymology: so called from the massive and rough appearance of its nest : any of several gregarious African weavers …
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WEAVERBIRD — /wee"veuhr berrd'/ , n. any of numerous African and Asian finchlike birds of the family Ploceidae, noted for their elaborately …
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FINCH — /finch/ , n. 1. any of numerous small passerine birds of the family Fringillidae, including the buntings, sparrows, crossbills, purple …
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WEAVER — noun Date: 14th century 1. : one that weaves especially as an occupation 2. : any of numerous Old World …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WEAVER — ■ noun 1》 a person who weaves fabric. 2》 (also ~ bird ) a finch-like songbird of tropical Africa and …
Concise Oxford English vocab
WEAVERBIRD — [weav.er.bird] n (1826): any of numerous Old World passerine birds (family Ploceidae) that resemble finches and mostly construct elaborate nests …
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SPARROW — [spar.row] n [ME sparow, fr. OE spearwa; akin to OHG sparo sparrow] (bef. 12c) 1: any of a genus (Passer …
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WHYDAH — also spelled Whidah, or Wydah, also called Widowbird, any of several African birds that have long dark tails suggesting a …
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WEAVER — also called Weaverbird, any of a number of small finchlike birds of the Old World, or any of several related …
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SPARROW — any of a number of small, chiefly seed-eating birds having conical bills. The name sparrow is most firmly attached to …
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SOCIAL WEAVER — any of a number of small African birds of the family Ploceidae (q.v.; order Passeriformes) that are extremely gregarious. This …
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QUELEA — also called Red-billed Quelea, or Dioch (species Quelea quelea), small brownish bird of Africa, belonging to the songbird family Ploceidae …
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NEST — structure created by an animal to house its eggs, its young, or, in some cases, itself. Nests are built by …
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HOUSE SPARROW — also called English Sparrow (Passer domesticus), one of the world's best-known and most abundant small birds, sometimes classified in the …
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GOLDFINCH — any of several species of the genus Carduelis (some formerly in Spinus) of the songbird family Carduelidae (sometimes placed in …
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FINCH — any of several hundred species of small, conical-billed, seed-eating songbirds belonging to several families in the order Passeriformes. These families …
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BUFFALO WEAVER — White-headed buffalo weaver (Dinemellia dinemelli) either of the two African birds constituting the subfamily Bubalornithinae of the family Ploceidae. The …
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BISHOP — any of several small African birds belonging to the family Ploceidae (order Passeriformes) and constituting the genus Euplectes. The breeding …
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PASSERIDAE — sparrow weaver family of small gregarious birds, based on the genus Passer, the well-known sparrows. In this work these birds …
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ESTRILDIDAE — songbird family, order Passeriformes, consisting of about 130 species of waxbills and other small finchlike birds of the Old World, …
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WEAVER — n. 1 a person whose occupation is weaving. 2 (in full weaver-bird) any tropical bird of the family Ploceidae, building …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WEAVER — n. 1 a person whose occupation is weaving. 2 (in full weaver-bird) any tropical bird of the family Ploceidae, building …
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