[nok kratit daēng] (n, exp) EN: Red AvadavatFR: Bengali rouge [ m ] ; Bengali de Bombay [ m ] ; Bengali moucheté [ m ] ; Bengali de l’Inde [ m ] ; Bengali royal [ m ] ; Bengali amandava [ m ] ; Ventre-orange [ m ]
‖n. pl. [ NL., from L. vadans, p. pr. of vadare to wade, to ford. ] (Zool.) An extensive artificial group of birds including the wading, swimming, and cursorial birds. [ 1913 Webster ]