zebra finch

noun

: a small Australian waxbill (Taeniopygia guttata synonym Poephila guttata) that is chiefly gray above and white below with a red or orange bill, a black-and-white barred tail, and in the male a black-barred throat and that is often kept as a cage bird

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The organization is backed by entities like Linkedin cofounder Reid Hoffman and the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation and is building a model that analyzes patterns in vocalizations of animals like beluga, crows and zebra finches. —

Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024 They’ve also been involved in mapping parts of the brains of the zebra finch (a small bird) and zebrafish larvae. —

Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 May 2024 The researchers couldn’t hear a difference between the males’ songs before and after the break—but female zebra finches definitely could. —

Olivia Ferrari, Scientific American, 12 Dec. 2023 Two songbirds studied, zebra finches and canaries, are domesticated. —

Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Popular Science, 14 Sep. 2023 See all Example Sentences for zebra finch