estrildid

estrildid
/es"tril did/, Ornith.
adj.
1. of or pertaining to the family Estrildidae, comprising the grass finches, waxbills, mannikins, and other small finches.
n.
2. a bird of the family Estrildidae.
Also, estrildine /es"tril duyn', -din/.
[ < NL Estrildidae, equiv. to Estrild(a) the type genus (from the Linnaean specific name Astrild < Sw: the god of love, literary coinage based on ON ástareldr lit., love-fire; the bird was appar. so named from its red bill) + -idae -ID2]

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