rooibek, noun

Forms:
roibek, roodebecShow more Also roibek, roodebec, roodebek, rooibeck.
Origin:
See rooibekkie.
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rooibekkie sense 1.
1890 A. Martin Home Life 18Another soft-voiced little singer is the rooibeck, or red-beak, a wee thing very like an avadavat.
1899 R.B. & J.D.S. Woodward Natal Birds 66This bird (V. principalis) derives its name from its pretty wax-like red bill, which resembles that of the estrilda, and in common with them it is called roibek.
1900 A.C. Stark Birds of S. Afr. I. 99The ‘Roodebec’ may be found nearly everywhere in South Africa.
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