Estrildid

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any weaverbird of the family Estrildidae.

    "Estrildids and ploceids are clearly different in courtship posture, clutch size, egg coloration, pattern in mouth of the young, and mode of begging of the young."

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estrildid finch

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"Estrildids and ploceids are clearly different in courtship posture, clutch size, egg coloration, pattern in mouth of the young, and mode of begging of the young."

Etymology

From translingual Estrildidae.

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