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单词 laughing dove
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laughing dove
laughing dove n. [in early use after German Lachtaube (1720 or earlier)] any of several doves of the genus Streptopelia having laughing calls; spec. S. senegalensis, a small dove found widely from Africa to India.In quot. 1959: the domesticated Barbary or ring-neck dove, ‘ S. risoria’.
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1814 G. H. Noehden Rabenhorst's Dict. German & Eng. Lang. II. 250/2 Lachtaube, f. Lachtäubchen, n. laughing-dove, Indian turtle-dove.
1845 Script. Nat. Hist. (Presbyterian Board Publ., Philadelphia) 97 The collared turtle, or laughing dove..is probably the species referred to in Scripture, as it is common in Syria and the adjacent countries.
1881 E. E. Frewer tr. E. Holub Seven Years S. Afr. I. ii. 47 The most common birds in the Riet River valley are doves.., the South African blue-grey turtle-dove, and the laughing dove.
1959 Amer. Biol. Teacher 21 17/1 (caption) The ‘blond’ color variety, typical of the domestic ring neck or laughing dove.
2000 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 97 12948/2 (caption) Hornets..attacking a freshly skinned carcass of a laughing dove (Streptopelia senegalensis).
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