combassou

noun

com·​bas·​sou

variants or less commonly combasou

kəmˈba(ˌ)sü

plural -s

: a small southern African seed-eating finch (Hypochera funerea) with white bill and red feet, the male bluish black and the female brownish, that is often kept as a cage or aviary bird

Word History

Etymology

native name in southern Africa

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