Definitions for avadavat

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avadavat av·a·da·vat

Spelling: [av-uh-duh-vat]

IPA: /ˈæv ə dəˌvæt/

Avadavat is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 47 anagrams from letters in avadavat (aaaadtvv).

Definitions for avadavat

noun

1. a waxbill, Estrilda amandava, native to Asia, having in the male scarlet plumage with white dots on the sides and breast: raised as a cage bird.
2. a waxbill, Estrilda amandava, native to Asia, having in the male scarlet plumage with white dots on the sides and breast: raised as a cage bird.

Origin of avadavat

1770-80; earlier amaduvad, after Amidavad, a 17th century name (perhaps Portuguese) for Ahmedabad, in Gujarat, from where the birds were first exported

Examples for avadavat

Perhaps the most attractive of small foreign birds is the avadavat, a tiny, perky little soldier.

A popular proverb says the housewife keeps the parrot, the lover keeps the avadavat, and the thief keeps pigeons.

Perhaps the most attractive of small foreign birds is the avadavat, a tiny, perky little soldier.

A popular proverb says the housewife keeps the parrot, the lover keeps the avadavat, and the thief keeps pigeons.