weaver finch

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   finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests

   Synonymsweaverweaverbird

   Broaderoscine

   NarrowerbayawhydahJava sparrowavadavatgrassfinch

   Part ofPloceidae

Questions about weaver finch

What does weaver finch mean?

weaver finch means "finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests".

What is another word for weaver finch?

Close synonyms include weaver, weaverbird. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is weaver finch a common word?

weaver finch is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.