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Old World finch
Answer for the clue "Old World finch ", 10 letters:
weaverbird
Alternative clues for the word weaverbird
Word definitions for weaverbird in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests [syn: weaver , weaver finch ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. any of various Old World passerine birds, resembling finches, that build complex, communal nests
Usage examples of weaverbird.
Many of the adults and almost all of the children had beetles stashed in weaverbird baskets, clutched uncertainly in hand, or dangling from pieces of thread unraveled from the tops of my socks.
A colony of weaverbirds lived in a tree near his house, and he spent time watching them build and maintain their baglike nests.
There were blue turacos, parrots, weaverbirds, African fish eagles, and a kind of African blackbird.