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UK
/wˈiːvəbˌɜːd/
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NOUN
- finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests
How To Use weaverbird In A Sentence
- Their hosts include weaverbirds and sunbirds in Africa and Asia, as well as fairy wrens and thornbills in Australia.
- Apart from coots and related rails, only ostriches and weaverbirds can detect parasitic eggs left by their own species.
- These birds include the quelea - a small, rather nondescript weaverbird that has replaced the locust as the most serious pest of small-grain crops in parts of Africa. 10. Sorghum: Specialty Types
- We studied sexual selection in the red bishop, a sexually dimorphic and polygynous weaverbird from Southern Africa.
- Their hosts include weaverbirds and sunbirds in Africa and Asia, as well as fairy wrens and thornbills in Australia.