English > family Ploceidae: 1 sense > noun 1, animalMeaning | weaverbirds. |
---|
Synonym | Ploceidae |
---|
Member of | Oscines, suborder Oscines, Passeres, suborder Passeres | Two names for the suborder of typical songbirds |
---|
Members | Estrilda, genus Estrilda | avadavats |
---|
Padda, genus Padda | A genus of Ploceidae |
Ploceus, genus Ploceus | type genus of the Ploceidae |
Poephila, genus Poephila | Grassfinches |
Vidua, genus Vidua | whydahs |
weaver, weaverbird, weaver finch | finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests |
Broader | bird family | A family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings |
---|
Spanish | familia Ploceidae, Ploceidae, ploceidos |
---|
Catalan | plocèids |
---|