| 单词 | spring-dove |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspring-dove b. With prefixed word defining the species, as ringed-dove, spring-dove. blue dove n. Yorkshire the Rock dove. bush dove n. the Stock dove. Wrekin dove n. Salop the Turtle dove. Also cushat-dove n., ground-dove n., ring-dove n., rock dove n., stock-dove n., turtle-dove n., wood-dove n., etc., see in their alphabetical places. ΚΠ c1386 G. Chaucer Sir Thopas 59 The thrustelcock..The wodedowue. ?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Civ The rynged doue, le ramier; The stocke doue, le creuset. 18.. J. G. Whittier Hymns from Lamartine i. vi Thought after thought, ye thronging rise Like spring-doves from the startled wood. 1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 167 Stock Dove (Columba œnas). Bush dove. 1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 168 Rock Dove (Columba livia), also called..Blue dove (North Riding). 1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 169 Turtledove (Turtur communis), it is also called in Shropshire, Wrekin dove. < as lemmas |
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