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whidah, whydah|ˈhwɪdə|
[Name of a town in Dahomey, West Africa. Whidah bird is an alteration of widow-bird, q.v., due to association with this as one of the habitats of these birds.]
1. In full whidah-bird, etc.: = widow-bird.
1783Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds II. i. 178 Whidah B[unting]... Rather less than a Hedge Sparrow. Ibid., note, Whidah Bird. 1872Livingstone Last Jrnls. 19 June (1874) II. vii. 199 The young whydah birds crouch closely together at night for heat. Ibid., Whydahs, though full fledged, still gladly take a feed from their dam. 1896G. E. Shelley For. Finches 273 The Whydahs..form a natural group of Finches, nearly allied to the Weavers.
2. whidaw goat, a West-African species of goat, Capra reversa. w. thrush, Pholidauges leucogaster.
1781Pennant Hist. Quadrup. I. 57 Goat..Whidaw. Capra reversa... From Juda or Whidaw, in Africa. A small kind: the horns short, smooth, and turn a little forwards. 1783Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds II. i. 58 Whidah Thr[ush]. Size of a Lark, or rather less:..the plumage in general is violet, excepting the belly, which is white... Inhabits the kingdom of Whidah, in Africa. |