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Definition of 'munia'

English

(wikipedia)

Alternative forms

* minia

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Any of certain estrildid finches of the genera Lonchura'' (most instances) and ''Amandava (two species).
  • * 1895 , Eugene William Oates, William Thomas Blanford, Birds , Volume 3, page 88,
    • It is said, however, occasionally though rarely to eat insects, and Layard has related how an individual, kept in captivity, killed and swallowed small birds (Munias ), its fellow-captives.
  • * 2000 , Tara Gandhi, Birds and Plant Regeneration , page 76,
    • Munias are smaller than sparrows; they have pointed short tails, and live in flocks, building large communal nests shared by several breeding pairs.
  • * 2010 , Graham R. S. Ritchie, Simon Kirby, 20: A Possible Role for Selective Masking in the Evolution of Complex, Learned Communication Systems'', Caroline Lyon, Chrystopher L. Nehaniv, Angelo Cangelosi (editors), ''Emergence of Communication and Language , page 398,
    • Okanoya (2002) argues that the Bengalese finch has a much more 'complex' song than the munia'. As mentioned earlier, his measure of complexity is the song linearity. He finds that the average song linearity of the ' munia is around 0.8 while the Bengalese finch song has a value of around 0.4.

    Synonyms

    * (finch of genus Lonchura) mannikin, silverbill * (finch of genus Amandava) avadavat

    Derived terms

    * (black-and-white munia) () * (black-faced munia) () * (black-throated munia) () * (bronze munia) () * (brown-backed munia) () * (chestnut munia) () * (cream-bellied munia) () * (dusky munia) () * (five-coloured munia) () * (green munia) () * (Javan munia) () * (magpie munia) () * (pale-headed munia) () * (red munia) () * (scaly-breasted munia) () * (streak-headed munia) () * (tricoloured munia) () * (white-bellied munia) () * (white-capped munia) () * (white-headed munia) () * (white-rumped munia) () * (white-throated munia) () ----

    Similar to 'munia'

    mama, mana, mania, mona, mamma, mina, myna, myoma, manna, momma, mummia, menaia, manhua, manhwa, mauma