mourning doven.

Brit.

/ˈmɔːnɪŋ ˌdʌv/, U.S.

/ˈmɔrnɪŋ ˌdəv/

Forms:

α. 1800s– mourning dove.

β. 1800s– morning dove.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mourning adj., dove n.

Etymology: < mourning adj. + dove n. Compare moaning dove n.In β. forms by association with morning n.

Either of two American doves with plaintive or moaning calls: (a) Zenaida macroura, of North and Central America, with a long tail and grey-brown back; (b) U.S. regional (southern) the common ground dove, Columbina passerina, a very small greyish dove found from the southern United States to Brazil; cf. moaning dove n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > [noun] > family Columbidae > genus Zenaida (mourning dove)

mourning dove1833

whitewing1834

pea dove1847

1833 G. Catlin Lett. N. Amer. Indians (1841) I. 158 The mourning or turtle-dove,..being as they [sc. Mandans] call it, a medicine-bird, is not to be destroyed or harmed by anyone.

1880 J. M. Farrar Five Years Minnesota 166 Mourning-doves fill every wood with their plaintive notes.

1898 O. Davie Nests & Eggs N. Amer. Birds (ed. 5) (c1900) 189 Ground Dove... This species is called Mourning Dove by the natives, who used to have a superstition that any one who molested their nest would be ‘mourned to death’ by the grief-stricken owners.

1929 M. de la Roche Whiteoaks xvi. 203 High in the pines she heard the plaintive notes of a mourning dove.

c1954 A. Sprunt Florida Bird Life 237 There is..endless confusion regarding it [sc. the ground dove] and its larger relative , many insisting that it is the ‘mourning’ dove.

1995 Daughters of Sarah Winter 5/1 Patty taught me to listen to the mourning doves in her front yard.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mourning dove
释义	mourning doven. Brit. /ˈmɔːnɪŋ ˌdʌv/, U.S. /ˈmɔrnɪŋ ˌdəv/ Forms: α. 1800s– mourning dove. β. 1800s– morning dove. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mourning adj., dove n. Etymology: < mourning adj. + dove n. Compare moaning dove n.In β. forms by association with morning n. Either of two American doves with plaintive or moaning calls: (a) Zenaida macroura, of North and Central America, with a long tail and grey-brown back; (b) U.S. regional (southern) the common ground dove, Columbina passerina, a very small greyish dove found from the southern United States to Brazil; cf. moaning dove n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > [noun] > family Columbidae > genus Zenaida (mourning dove) mourning dove1833 whitewing1834 pea dove1847 1833 G. Catlin Lett. N. Amer. Indians (1841) I. 158 The mourning or turtle-dove,..being as they [sc. Mandans] call it, a medicine-bird, is not to be destroyed or harmed by anyone. 1880 J. M. Farrar Five Years Minnesota 166 Mourning-doves fill every wood with their plaintive notes. 1898 O. Davie Nests & Eggs N. Amer. Birds (ed. 5) (c1900) 189 Ground Dove... This species is called Mourning Dove by the natives, who used to have a superstition that any one who molested their nest would be ‘mourned to death’ by the grief-stricken owners. 1929 M. de la Roche Whiteoaks xvi. 203 High in the pines she heard the plaintive notes of a mourning dove. c1954 A. Sprunt Florida Bird Life 237 There is..endless confusion regarding it [sc. the ground dove] and its larger relative , many insisting that it is the ‘mourning’ dove. 1995 Daughters of Sarah Winter 5/1 Patty taught me to listen to the mourning doves in her front yard. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1833
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