avadavat
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
avadavat /ˈavədəvat/ (also amadavat)
▶noun a red or green South Asian waxbill sometimes kept as a cage bird. [Genus Amandava: two species.]
– origin C17: named after the city of Ahmadabad in India.
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