Java sparrow

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any of species Padda oryzivora of finches, native of Java, but very commonly kept as a cage bird.

    "Still there was a cheerful appearance; a capital fire burnt in the bright grate; there were some stands of thriving plants in the windows; and some canaries and Java sparrows chirped as if they were quite content to be "hereditary bondsmen."

  2. 2
    small finch-like Indonesian weaverbird that frequents rice fields wordnet

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"Still there was a cheerful appearance; a capital fire burnt in the bright grate; there were some stands of thriving plants in the windows; and some canaries and Java sparrows chirped as if they were quite content to be "hereditary bondsmen."