Java sparrow
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 small finch-like Indonesian weaverbird that frequents rice fields wordnet
Example
More examples"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."