Advertisement

Advertisement

zebra finch

noun

  1. a small Australian waxbill, Poephila guttata, that has black-and-white barred plumage and a chestnut ear patch: popular as a cage bird.


zebra finch

noun

  1. any of various Australasian songbirds with zebra-like markings, such as the grassfinch Poephila castanotis
“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


Discover More

Word History and Origins

Origin of zebra finch1

First recorded in 1885–90

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement


zebra crossingzebrafish