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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A small gray bird (Padda oryzivora) that has a black-and-white head, is native to tropical Asia, and is popular as a cage bird.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See sparrow.

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  • noun ornithology A species of finch Padda oryzivora, native of Java, but very commonly kept as a cage bird.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun small finch-like Indonesian weaverbird that frequents rice fields

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