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weaverbird

n. any of various Old World passerine birds, resembling finches, that build complex, communal nests

WordNet
weaverbird

n. finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests [syn: weaver, weaver finch]

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.