widow bird

American  

noun

1. whydah.

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widow bird British  

noun

1. another name for whydah

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Etymology

Origin of widow bird

1765–75; translation of New Latin Vidua, name of the genus ( Latin: widow ). See whydah

Example Sentences

Or you could jump in the air, like a male widow bird.

From The Guardian • Jul. 20, 2013

Slighty longer, with a tail four times its body length, is the male long-tailed widow bird.

From National Geographic

The male long-tailed widow bird uses its tail feathers to attract females.

From National Geographic

A widow bird sate mourning for her love Upon a wintry bough; The frozen wind crept on above, The freezing stream below.

From The Children's Garland from the Best Poets by Patmore, Coventry Kersey Dighton

Its motto is taken from some lines by Shelley:—   _A widow bird sate mourning for her love   Upon a wintry bough;   The frozen wind crept on above,   The freezing stream below.

From Edward MacDowell by Porte, John F.