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Padda oryzivora

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Java \Ja"va\, n.
   1. One of the islands of the Malay Archipelago belonging to
      the Netherlands.

   2. Java coffee, a kind of coffee brought from Java.

   {Java cat} (Zo["o]l.), the musang.

   {Java sparrow} (Zo["o]l.), a species of finch ({Padda
      oryzivora}), native of Java, but very commonly kept as a
      cage bird; -- called also {ricebird}, and {paddy bird}. In
      the male the upper parts are glaucous gray, the head and
      tail black, the under parts delicate rose, and the cheeks
      white. The bill is large and red. A white variety is also
      kept as a cage bird.

Source : WordNet®

Padda oryzivora
     n : small finch-like Indonesian weaverbird that frequents rice
         fields [syn: {Java sparrow}, {Java finch}, {ricebird}]
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