viduineadj.
Etymology: < modern Latin vidua widow-bird: see -ine suffix1.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈviduine.
Ornithology.
the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > family Ploceidae > [adjective] > belonging to Viduinae
1896 G. E. Shelley 294 By scientists the Viduine Weavers are placed among the Ornamental Finches.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2019).