/es"tril did/ , Ornith.
adj.
1. of or pertaining to the family Estrildidae, comprising the grass finches, waxbills, mannikins, and other small finches.
n.
2. a bird of the family Estrildidae.
Also, estrildine /es"tril duyn', -din/ .
[ Estrildidae, equiv. to Estrild ( a ) the type genus (from the Linnaean specific name Astrild ástareldr lit., love-fire; the bird was appar. so named from its red bill) + -idae -ID 2 ]