What is "toddy bird"

Toddy \Tod"dy\, n. [Formed from Hind. t[=a]?[=i] the juice of the palmyra tree, popularly, toddy, fr. t[=a]? the palmyra tree, Skr. t[=a]la.]

1. A juice drawn from various kinds of palms in the East Indies; or, a spirituous liquor procured from it by fermentation.

2. A mixture of spirit and hot water sweetened.

   Note: Toddy differs from grog in having a less proportion of spirit, and is being made hot and sweetened.

   Toddy bird (Zo["o]l.), a weaver bird of the East Indies and India: -- so called from its fondness for the juice of the palm.

   Toddy cat (Zo["o]l.), the common paradoxure; the palm cat.