'Toddy bird' definitions:

Definition of 'Toddy bird'

From: GCIDE
  • Toddy \Tod"dy\, n. [Formed from Hind. t[=a]?[imac] the juice of the palmyra tree, popularly, toddy, fr. t[=a]? the palmyra tree, Skr. t[=a]la.]
  • 1. A juice drawn from various kinds of palms in the East Indies; or, a spirituous liquor procured from it by fermentation. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A mixture of spirit and hot water sweetened. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: Toddy differs from grog in having a less proportion of spirit, and is being made hot and sweetened. [1913 Webster]
  • Toddy bird (Zool.), a weaver bird of the East Indies and India: -- so called from its fondness for the juice of the palm.
  • Toddy cat (Zool.), the common paradoxure; the palm cat. [1913 Webster]