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ˈpaddy-bird [f. paddy n.1 + bird n.] 1. The Java sparrow, Padda (or Munia) oryzivora.1727 A. Hamilton New Acc. E. Ind. I. xiv. 161 The Paddy⁓bird is also good in their Season. 2. Anglo-Indian name for species of white egret, which frequent the paddy-fields.1858 R. Hunter in Mitchell Mem. R. Nesbit 4...
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Indian pond heron
The paddy-bird also appears as a character in the Hitopadesha where, in one story, it takes injury to itself to save a king.
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▪ I. paddy, n.1 (ˈpædɪ) Forms: (α. 6 batte, 7 batty.) β. 7 paddie, 8–9 paddi, 8 pady, (patty), 9 paddee, 9– padi, 7– paddy. [a. Malay pādī rice in the straw, in Javanese and other Malay langs. pārī. The identity of this with Canarese batta, bhatta rice in the husk, whence the batte, batty of early a...
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