Paddy bird

Paddy bird
Paddy Pad"dy, n. [Either fr. Canarese bhatta or Malay p[=a]d[=i].] (Bot.) Unhusked rice; -- commonly so called in the East Indies. [1913 Webster]

{Paddy bird}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Java sparrow}, under {Java}. [1913 Webster]


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  • Java sparrow — Java Ja va (j[aum] v[.a]), n. 1. One of the islands of the Malay Archipelago belonging to the Netherlands. [1913 Webster] 2. Java coffee, a kind of coffee brought from Java. [1913 Webster] 3. (Computers) [all capitals] an object oriented computer …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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