Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
whidah-bird .
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- noun Alternative spelling of
whydah .
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- noun mostly black African weaverbird
Etymologies
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alteration of the first component of widow bird
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Examples
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As they went on, the boys noticed the abundance of the pretty little whidah bird, a lovely little creature, about the size of a lark, but with a tail of such enormous length that in a breeze the power of the wind upon the tail drives the bird to take flight into shelter, so that it shall not be blown away.
Off to the Wilds Being the Adventures of Two Brothers George Manville Fenn 1870
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