Amadavat \Am`a*da*vat"\, n. [Indian name. From Ahmedabad, a city
from which it was imported to Europe.] (Zool.)
The strawberry finch, a small Indian song bird ({Estrelda
amandava}), commonly caged and kept for fighting. The female
is olive brown; the male, in summer, mostly crimson; --
called also {red waxbill}. [Written also {amaduvad} and
{avadavat}.]
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