zebra finch

zebra finch

n.

A small songbird (Taeniopygia guttata) of Australia and Indonesia that has black and white striped markings and is popular as a cage bird.

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zebra finch

n

(Animals) any of various Australasian songbirds with zebra-like markings, such as the grassfinch Poephila castanotis

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ze′bra finch`

n.

a small Australian finch, Poephila guttata, of the family Estrildidae, with black and white bars on the tail and, in the male, a chestnut ear patch.

[1885–90]

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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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Translations

zebrafinke

Zebrafink

diamante mandarín

seeprapeippo