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<ornithology> The strawberry finch, a small Indian song bird (Estrelda amandava), commonly caged and kept for fighting. The female is olive brown; the male, in summer, mostly crimson.
Alternative forms: amaduvad and avadavat.
Origin: Indian name. From Ahmedabad, a city from which it was imported to Europe.
(01 Mar 1998)
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