zebra finch

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zebra finch

A small Australian bird (Poephila guttata) having black and white striped markings and popular as a cage bird.

zebra finch

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various Australasian songbirds with zebra-like markings, such as the grassfinch Poephila castanotis

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zebra finch - small Australian weaverbird with markings like a zebra's

Poephila castanotis

genus Poephila, Poephila - grassfinches

grass finch, grassfinch - usually brightly-colored Australian weaverbirds; often kept as cage birds

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