Ploceus

noun

Plo·​ceus

ˈplōsēəs,

-ōˌsüs

: a genus (the type of the family Ploceidae) comprising the baya and related Asiatic birds

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek plokeus braider, plaiter, from plekein to plait

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