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Java sparrow

noun

  1. a finchlike weaverbird, Padda oryzivora, of southeastern Asia, having gray plumage tinged with pink on the belly, often kept as a cage bird.


Java sparrow

noun

  1. a small grey-and-pink finchlike Indonesian weaverbird, Padda oryzivora: a popular cage bird
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Java sparrow1

First recorded in 1860–65

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