quelea
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que·le·a
(kwē′lē-ə)n.
Any of several African weaverbirds of the genus Quelea, especially Q. quelea, a small red-billed bird that is destructive to grain crops.
[New Latin Quelea, genus name, perhaps alteration of Medieval Latin qualea, quail, ultimately from Vulgar Latin *coacula, of imitative origin.]
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quelea
(ˈkwiːlɪə)n
(Animals) an East African weaverbird
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