weaver finch

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

weaver finch - finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nestsweaverbird, weaveroscine, oscine bird - passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatusfamily Ploceidae, Ploceidae - weaverbirdsbaya, Ploceus philippinus - common Indian weaverbirdwhidah, whydah, widow bird - mostly black African weaverbirdJava finch, Java sparrow, Padda oryzivora, ricebird - small finch-like Indonesian weaverbird that frequents rice fieldsamadavat, avadavat - red Asian weaverbirds often kept as cage birdsgrass finch, grassfinch - usually brightly-colored Australian weaverbirds; often kept as cage birds