whydah

English

Alternative forms

whidah, whyda, wydah

Etymology

Alteration of the first component of widow bird, after Whydah (now Ouidah) in Benin.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)wɪdə/

Noun

whydah (plural whydahs)

Any of various black and white African weaverbirds with distinctive drooping long tailfeathers on males in mating season, suitable as cage birds.

References

Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

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