weav|er|bird

weav|er|bird
weav|er|bird «WEE vuhr BURD», noun.
any one of a family of birds similar to finches, mostly of Asia, Africa, and Australia, that build elaborately woven nests. The whidah, house sparrow, and republican grosbeak are weaverbirds.

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