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whydah
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun whydah has 1 sense
- whydah(n = noun.animal) whidah, widow bird - mostly black African weaverbird; Array is a kind of weaver, weaver finch, weaverbird
is a member of genus vidua, vidua
OXFORD DICTIONARY
whydah, n. (also whidah) any small African weaver-bird of the genus Vidua, the male having mainly black plumage and tail-feathers of great length.
Etymology
orig. widow-bird, altered f. assoc. with Whidah (now Ouidah) in Benin
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