amadavat

noun

1. red Asian weaverbirds often kept as cage birds

   noun.animal

   Synonyms avadavat

   Source: WordNet 3.0

2. The strawberry finch, a small Indian song bird (<i>Estrelda amandava</i>), commonly caged and kept for fighting. The female is olive brown; the male, in summer, mostly crimson; -- called also <i>red waxbill</i>.

   noun

   Source: webster1913