Definitions for java sparrow
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Ja′va spar′row(n.)
a gray and red finch, Padda oryzivora, of the waxbill family, resident on Java and Bali and widely introduced elsewhere.
Category: Ornithology
Origin of Java sparrow:
1860–65
Princeton's WordNet
Java sparrow, Java finch, ricebird, Padda oryzivora(noun)
small finch-like Indonesian weaverbird that frequents rice fields
Wiktionary
Java sparrow(Noun)
A species of finch Padda oryzivora, native of Java, but very commonly kept as a cage bird.
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