weaver finch

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

weaver finch - finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests weaverbird, weaver oscine, oscine bird - passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus family Ploceidae, Ploceidae - weaverbirds baya, Ploceus philippinus - common Indian weaverbird whidah, whydah, widow bird - mostly black African weaverbird Java finch, Java sparrow, Padda oryzivora, ricebird - small finch-like Indonesian weaverbird that frequents rice fields amadavat, avadavat - red Asian weaverbirds often kept as cage birds grass finch, grassfinch - usually brightly-colored Australian weaverbirds; often kept as cage birds