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WHYDAH

\wˈa͡ɪdə], \wˈa‍ɪdə], \w_ˈaɪ_d_ə]\

Definitions of WHYDAH

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language

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mostly black African weaverbird

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

mostly black African weaverbird

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

WHIDAH, hwid'a, n. a genus of birds of the Weaver family, natives of the tropical parts of Africa, often brought to Britain as cage-birds. [From the country of Whydah in Dahomey.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

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