widow-bird
1Widow bird — Wid ow bird (Zo[ o]l.) See {Whidan bird}. [1913 Webster] …
2widow bird — noun mostly black African weaverbird • Syn: ↑whydah, ↑whidah • Hypernyms: ↑weaver, ↑weaverbird, ↑weaver finch • Member Holonyms: ↑Vidua, ↑ …
3widow bird — Whidah bird Whid ah bird , (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of several species of finchlike birds belonging to the genus {Vidua}, native of Asia and Africa. In the breeding season the male has very long, drooping tail feathers. Called also {vida finch},… …
4widow bird — noun Any of several species of birds in the family Viduidae, incorporating whydahs and widow finches. Syn: sakabula, bird, kaffir, finch …
5widow bird — whydah. [1765 75; trans. of NL Vidua, name of the genus (L: WIDOW). See WHYDAH] * * * …
6widow-bird — …
7widow finch — Whidah bird Whid ah bird , (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of several species of finchlike birds belonging to the genus {Vidua}, native of Asia and Africa. In the breeding season the male has very long, drooping tail feathers. Called also {vida finch},… …
8widow — {{11}}widow (n.) O.E. widewe, widuwe, from P.Gmc. *widewo (Cf. O.S. widowa, O.Fris. widwe, M.Du., Du. weduwe, Du. weeuw, O.H.G. wituwa, Ger. Witwe, Goth. widuwo), from PIE adj. *widhewo (Cf. Skt. vidhuh lonely, solitary, vidhava …
9widow — n. & v. n. 1 a woman who has lost her husband by death and has not married again. 2 a woman whose husband is often away on a specified activity (golf widow). 3 extra cards dealt separately and taken by the highest bidder. 4 Printing the short… …
10widow finch — noun see widow bird …
