whydah

English edit

Alternative forms edit

whidah, whyda, wydah

Etymology edit

Alteration of the first component of widow bird, after Whydah (now Ouidah) in Benin.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)wɪdə/

Noun edit

whydah (plural whydahs)

Any of various black and white African weaverbirds with distinctive drooping long tailfeathers on males in mating season, suitable as cage birds.

References edit

Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

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