| Noun | 1. | family Ploceidae - weaverbirds bird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings Oscines, Passeres, suborder Oscines, suborder Passeres - two names for the suborder of typical songbirds weaver finch, weaverbird, weaver - finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests genus Ploceus, Ploceus - type genus of the Ploceidae genus Vidua, Vidua - whydahs genus Padda, Padda - a genus of Ploceidae Estrilda, genus Estrilda - avadavats genus Poephila, Poephila - grassfinches |