Estrildid
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Estrildid is a noun meaning (zoology) Any weaverbird of the family Estrildidae.
Meaning
(zoology) Any weaverbird of the family Estrildidae.
Example Sentences
The estrildids are all monogamous (forming long-term or life-long pair bonds) and exhibit biparental care.
Estrildids and ploceids are clearly different in courtship posture, clutch size, egg coloration, pattern in mouth of the young, and mode of begging of the young.
Marschall and Prinzinger (1991) subjected five species of estrildids to the following calculation from laboratory measurements under different T_A: O₂ consumption, CO₂ production, RMR, TNZ, conductance and T_B.
Word Forms
- estrildids
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include weaverbird, waxbill, stenostirid, weaver, stilter, stercorariid.
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