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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

AMADAVAT

Am `a *da *vat ", n. Etym: [Indian name. From Ahmedabad, a city from which it was imported to Europe. ] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: 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. ]

 

Oxford Dictionary

amadavat

amadavat |ˈamədəvat | ▶noun variant spelling of avadavat.