‖ amadavat
(ˌæmədəˈvæt)
Also avadavat.
[The name in various Indian langs.]
An Indian song-bird (Estrilda amandava), brown in colour with white spots.
| 1777 Sheridan Sch. Scan. v. i, A few presents now and then..congou tea, avadavats, and Indian crackers. 1813 J. Forbes Orient. Mem. I. 47 Amadavats and other songsters are brought thither [Bombay] from Surat. 1871 Darwin Desc. Man II. xiii. 49 The Bengali baboos make the pretty little males of the amadavat..fight together. |