an Indian songbird, Kittacincla macroura, having a black head, neck, back, and tail, a white rump, and chestnut underparts
2.
a cereal, Panicum frumentaceum (colonum), grown in India, and similar to millet
shama in American English
(ˈʃɑːmə)
noun
a slender long-tailed thrush, Copsychus malabaricus, of southern Asia and introduced into Hawaii, having black plumage with a white rump and tail sides and a chestnut belly
Word origin
[1830–40; said to be ‹ Hindi śāmā]This word is first recorded in the period 1830–40. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: ante, baby talk, grid, nationalism, paraffin