fody

English[edit]

fody (plural fodies)

Any of various small passerine birds of the genus Foudia in the weaver family Ploceidae.
- 2008 June 20, Edward Rothstein, “Critters of a Wondrous Isle, Meet Your Friend and Foe”, in New York Times‎^[1]:
  “Only in Madagascar,” the labels proudly proclaim, next to descriptions of animals like the spiny-tail iguana, the radiated tortoise or a small bird, the red fody.