whydahn.

Brit.

/ˈwɪdə/, U.S.

/ˈ(h)wɪdə/

Forms: Also whidah.

Etymology: Name of a town in the Kingdom of Dahomey, West Africa (now Ouidah, a city in Benin). Whydah bird is an alteration of widowbird n., due to association with this as one of the habitats of these birds.

1. In full whydah-bird, etc.: = widowbird n.

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > family Ploceidae > [noun] > subfamily Viduinae (whydah)

widow1747

widowbird1765

whydah1781

widowfinch1831

mourning widow1869

1781 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds I. i. 178 Whidah B[unting]... Rather less than a Hedge Sparrow.

1781 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds I. i. 178 (note) Whidah Bird.

1872 D. Livingstone 19 June in Last Jrnls. (1874) II. vii. 199 The young whydah birds crouch closely together at night for heat.

1872 D. Livingstone 19 June in Last Jrnls. (1874) II. vii. 199 Whydahs, though full fledged, still gladly take a feed from their dam.

1896 G. E. Shelley For. Finches 273 The Whydahs..form a natural group of Finches, nearly allied to the Weavers.

2. whidaw goat n. a West-African species of goat, Capra reversa. whidah thrush n. Pholidauges leucogaster.

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the world > animals > birds > unspecified and miscellaneous birds > [noun] > miscellaneous

night-raveneOE

cold-finch1676

crane1678

diver1694

solitary1708

wheat-bird1747

yellow-bill1775

Chinese thrush1781

whidah thrush1781

tomtit1789

solitaire1797

year-bird1798

softbill1830

swift-shrike1841

scissor bird1843

seed finch1862

sea-flyer1869

stalker1872

seven sisters1873

dicky bird1879

baboon bird1883

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > subfamily Caprinae (goat) > [noun] > genus Capra > other types of

goateOE

ibex1607

whidaw goat1781

shawl-goat1793

jaal-goat1838

Nubian1879

Nubian goat1879

Toggenburg1886

Anglo-Nubian1898

Saanen1908

walia1932

1781 T. Pennant Hist. Quadrupeds I. 57 Goat..Whidaw. Capra reversa... From Juda or Whidaw, in Africa. A small kind: the horns short, smooth, and turn a little forwards.

1781 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds I. 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.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	whydah
释义	whydahn. Brit. /ˈwɪdə/, U.S. /ˈ(h)wɪdə/ Forms: Also whidah. Etymology: Name of a town in the Kingdom of Dahomey, West Africa (now Ouidah, a city in Benin). Whydah bird is an alteration of widowbird n., due to association with this as one of the habitats of these birds. 1. In full whydah-bird, etc.: = widowbird n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > family Ploceidae > [noun] > subfamily Viduinae (whydah) widow1747 widowbird1765 whydah1781 widowfinch1831 mourning widow1869 1781 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds I. i. 178 Whidah B[unting]... Rather less than a Hedge Sparrow. 1781 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds I. i. 178 (note) Whidah Bird. 1872 D. Livingstone 19 June in Last Jrnls. (1874) II. vii. 199 The young whydah birds crouch closely together at night for heat. 1872 D. Livingstone 19 June in Last Jrnls. (1874) II. vii. 199 Whydahs, though full fledged, still gladly take a feed from their dam. 1896 G. E. Shelley For. Finches 273 The Whydahs..form a natural group of Finches, nearly allied to the Weavers. 2. whidaw goat n. a West-African species of goat, Capra reversa. whidah thrush n. Pholidauges leucogaster. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > unspecified and miscellaneous birds > [noun] > miscellaneous night-raveneOE cold-finch1676 crane1678 diver1694 solitary1708 wheat-bird1747 yellow-bill1775 Chinese thrush1781 whidah thrush1781 tomtit1789 solitaire1797 year-bird1798 softbill1830 swift-shrike1841 scissor bird1843 seed finch1862 sea-flyer1869 stalker1872 seven sisters1873 dicky bird1879 baboon bird1883 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > subfamily Caprinae (goat) > [noun] > genus Capra > other types of goateOE ibex1607 whidaw goat1781 shawl-goat1793 jaal-goat1838 Nubian1879 Nubian goat1879 Toggenburg1886 Anglo-Nubian1898 Saanen1908 walia1932 1781 T. Pennant Hist. Quadrupeds I. 57 Goat..Whidaw. Capra reversa... From Juda or Whidaw, in Africa. A small kind: the horns short, smooth, and turn a little forwards. 1781 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds I. 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1781
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